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TR- VORSIN'S NEWS, 1
1 rrrUi i*nzD 1850. I.ico*posa:id .688 •
i j H E." I'ILL, Prt'sideal. 1
\ GRAVE CRISIS IN FRANCE.
Usimir-Ferier Resigns the Presidency
of the Republic.
ijs. Country Now Without President or
Cabinet M. Casimir-Perier’s Kesitr
ration the Result of the Vote in the
Chamber of Deputies on the Railway
Bonl Guarantee Question—The Na
tion Assembly to Week to
Choose a New President—lf Casimir
pern r Declines to Bea Candidate
H iri BrißSon Certain to Be Elected,
p, .lan. lf>.—M. Casimir-Pciier has
•t- -at i Hie office of President of France.
announced his resignation this even
r£ rt specially summoned meeting of
ir.et, having previously informed
y <■ met-Labour, the president cf
Sfnau. of his inability to solve the
; presented by the resignation ot
premier Dupuy.
T news of the president's resigna
n ,-i-r *.d like wild lire throughout
pa: -and was received everywhere with
:er..-:ernatlon amounting almost to pa
ra- In the newspaper offices, the first
rp • was considered absurd, but it was
. n confirmed. Almost simultaneously
rrotids began gathering In front of the
••■a- ,-aper offices, and in the public
lnquiring for further particulars
;>iussing the situation.
TANARUS: - following official communication,
: red or written by M. Caslmlr-f’erler,
si a- male public before midnight: “The
-; lint of the republic has taken a res
n to resign his official functions.
Vwerd ty's proceedings and vote in the
Chamber of Deputies are tn
his eyes but the secondary in
n tents of the struggle that has
i .an against parliamentary regime and
I . ' liberty. He had hoped that the
;--fident of the republic, being unpro
:del with means of action, would re
n:. ou’side the lines of party struggles,
and that the political, confidence of all
parties would give him the necessary
b e and authority. He had hoped that
those who, in spite of himself, had placed
ha- :n a position where he cannot de
: 1 h.ir.self, would undertake the de
fense of the first magistrate of the
state. He had requested the ministers
to withdraw theiq resignations provis
s- nii in order to assure the regular
trarii-mition of his powers to his succes
tor."
M. Charles Dupuy, president of the
'ohas informed the presidents of
the Senate and Chamber of Deputies of ;
the decision of the president of the re
>ub7/< aud they are going to convoke
ori.ani-'nt with urgency.
• hallemei-Lacour, president of
Senate, courteously allowed
"'Cf to be interviewed by the United
3 re*? correspondent late this evening not
withstanding the great pressure of busi
es suddenly thrust upon him by the
President's resignation. He said that it
a>! not yet been decided whether to con*
■ok? the national assembly to elect a
iv-.-essor to M. Casimir-Perier for the
#th or 19th inst. He will probably an
wince the date to-morrow on the meet
r.f of the Senate and Chamber of Depu
'asimir-Perier’s reference in his public
sommunioation to his inability to defend
himself in the presidency may be ex
[ ic.nod by the fact that as he was a sub
!?<'rctary of state in the cabinet which
concluded the railway conventions in ISS3,
t’* regards the adverse vote on the sub
k in the chamber Monday as a personal
reflection upon him, although he had no
in the cabinet when the conventions
* v o made. Whether this be the true rea-
Fo: * of his resignation or not, it proves
what length he is prepared to go against
1 *• socialists, whom he regards as aim
!a revolution.
v heu the United Press correspondent
|t: * the Chamber of Deputies at 7:30
' k tiiis evening not the slightest sus
ion of M. Casimir-Perier’s intention to
f 'ien had been even remotely suggested,
bhat the announcement, when made,
like a thunder clap from a clear
Extremist newspaper men received
' news with jubilation. The editors of
Petite Republique, were wildly elated
£ ir considered it certain that M. Casimir
would be re-elected if he would be
■ Mate again. Otherwise there is a
\ of opinion that Henri Rrisson
5 to be elected to the Presidency
” th & republic.
Ms Senate and Chamber of Deputies
J ,Vfc been summoned to meet to-morrow
iorn M*' government. M. Casimir-Perier’s
- tendering his resignation will be
4 111 the Senate by Minister Guerin
• the Chamber of Deputies by Pre
m'er Dupuy.
Jnn. 15.-—'The Morning Post will
the following dispatch from Paris
[i-* rn!n * the resignation of M. Oasimir
r hen M. Casimir-Perier re
,t - r ’hallemel Lacour he had al
[/ rr , lete f mine d to resign. M. Challeinel
" ir vainly tried to influence M. Casi
hc p . rit r ?° aJ ter his decision and left
UiV f iais I>e L’Elysee greatly distressed.
II ‘ sters Dupuy, Leygues, Poincarre,
Paur© and Guerin visited the
separately and urged him to
. r bis determination, but their
,’* r WPre futile. M. Dupuy later made
and was closeted with the
lor three quarters of an hour.
V, f ‘ rvf ry argument, but M. Casimir
pr‘^‘vrrn : in#i d obdurate. Then M. Spul
np v 10 . Was largely influential in induc
; . mir-Perier to form a ministry
• 1 the president and reiterated
•unents of the others,
po* f M 'puy and Spuller obtained a prom
b’h.rV'H;* President that he would
. resignation until 10:30 p. m.
ia r^ v W€r e leaving the president’s
tw° met the president’s mother
ier' r t Inr * or a,KI begged her to entreat
o ' v r rna in- The mother promised
1 o(] r influence. Nevertheless, at
' : . ( asimir-Perier wrote briefly
c-n v, -jc j b'ui'Uy, saying that his decis
vocable, and requesting him
th*. a Statement to the press,
ir.'ii tj-.,, somewhat crowded, but
note announcing the
v , nr*; i ‘ es,mt, °n was displayed in
b , ' >l newspaper offices,
r,r ra]iv* ! ' R bout the president were not
Ibaerpf.QKi? 1 . The truth made a
Thl y 1
’Pah'U 7’ 1112 Post will say: “The French
tt anr >ot progress whilst her lead
r? "h.t u con??l der public life noth
‘-•atf iT \ h tfian a rehearsal of
r- vit ea *4 Ca^R * French public
l<lf . £tu- a,V. U Iby vanity. selflsh
and folly. The result is
§ohje Hlafning
j that one of the few sane and sensible pol
; in France has found it impossi
ble to keep things quiet. It !s idle talk of
; such men as Dupuy and Brisson. The time
has come for a military leader of the tibre
| of Bismarck or Gourko, or for an auto
crat!'* despot of the firmness of Crisp! or
; Stambuloff/*
j The Standard, while sympathising w ith
Casimir-Perier in his indignation at the
grievous provocations, questions whether
j be is warranted in abandoning the strug
; glo at a moment of supreme distress,
j “Where is there a savior of society,” it
, continues, “ready to restore authority
; and rescue France from the anarchy of in-
I cessant change and irreconcilable, fac
| tions? Casimir-Perier evidently is not the
’ man. He lacks moral courage. Truly the
i ‘Grande Nation’ offers a pitiable spcctaclo
, to the world.”
The Daily Chronicle says: “Casimir-Pe
rier lias proved to be a republican of un
impeachable integrity. If he persists in his
resignation, it will be a bad day for
France.”
Tho Paris correspondent of the Daily
News says: “Casimir-Perier has sum
mitted to the ministry a sketch of his mes
sage to be read to the chambers to-mor
row. He refers to the patriotic spirit in
which he assumed the post of honor and
danger to which he was called without
having sought it. *1 had the single-mind
ed wish,' he says, ‘to be, not a man of
party but a man of all France; to de
fend order, seeking inspiration from ilie
example of the lamented Carnot. But to
xny deep sorrow I found that I pleased
no party. I was attacked on every side.
The attacks varied in form, but all showed
a personal ill-will.*
“The chief candidate for the presidency
will he Henri Brisson. The national as
sembly may desire to re-elect Casimir-
Perier, but he will probably refuse to
come forward. Waldeck Rosseau is also
mentioned, but he was an important mem
ber of the cabinet of 3883. Premier Dupuy
wishes Challemel-Dacour to stand, but the
latter dislikes the idea.
“Public order does not seem to be threat
ened. There is nothing absolutely dan
gerous in the situation, but France needs
quiet,”
The Daily News will say in an editorial:
“There is nothing to Justify Casimir-
Perier in regarding recent events as proof
of a want of trust in him. He has desert
ed his post at a time of difficulty and anx
iety, plunging France into political con
fusion. rather than sticking to his oner
ous duties.”
ITALY'S WAR IN AFRICA.
Gen. Baratieri Repulses the Abyssi
nian© With a Heavy Loss.
Rome, Jan. 15.—Gen. Baratieri has tel
egraphed to the war oflice that on Sun
day last he made an attack upon the
Abyssinians under Ras Mangascia, and
that, after severe fighting, the Italian
troops were victorious. A large number
of Abyssinians were killed and many
taken prisoners. The prisoners attribu
ted the victory of the Italians to their
use of the explosive, Balystite.
,Gen. Baratieri has teleeraphed to the
war oflice from Massowah that the ne
cessity for immediate reinforcement of
the Italian troops in Africa is most ur
gent. Premier Crispi and Gen. Mocenni,
ministers of war, held a protracted con
ference last evening, w'hen it was de
cide to dispatch several battalions of
troops to Africa without delay.
GERMANY’S COURT-MARTIAL.
The Non-Commissioned Officers Sen
tenced to Imprisonment.
Berlin, Jan. 15.—The court martial be
fore whom were tried nearly 2X) non
commissioned officers from the artillery
school, who were arrested some time
ago and confined in the Madgeburg for
tress, imposed its sentences to-day. Two
officers were sentenced to live years’ im
prisonment for inciting their associates
to insubordination, thirty-one were con
demned to nine months incarceration,
and 130 were sentenced to prison for
six weeks.
HELD AS A BOMB THROWER.
The Police Make an Arrest in Connec
tion With Sunday’s Explosion.
Paris, Jan. 15.—The police to-day ar
rested a well known anarchist, who was
absent from his home on Sunday night,
and it is believed that he is the man who
caused the bomb explosion in the Rue
Monceau that night. It is expected that
several other arrests in connection with
the explosion will be made to-day.
THE FIRE ON THE MARIPOSA.
Her Cargo of Wheat and Cotton Both
Found to Be Damaged.
London, Jan. 35.—The fire on board the
British steamship Mariposa, Capt. Cave,
at Liverpool from New Orleans, has been
extinguished and an examination of the
cargo has been made. This shows that
the wheat, which formed a part of the
vessel’s cargo, has been damaged by water
and the cotton by both fire and water.
RICHMOND COLLEGE.
The Trustees Refuse to Go Into the Al
leged Election Frauds.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 15.—At the meet
ing of the board of trustees of Richmond
College here to-day no one appeared to
prefer charges against the character of
Mr. Boatwright, recently elected. The
board refused to go into any question as
to election frauds. Prof. Harris re
signed the chair of Greek in the col
lege and R. Wythe resigned from the
; board of trustees, but both resignations
j w r erc laid on the table.
The controversy growing out of the
j election of Prof. Boatwright as president
I culminated to-night in the burying of that
I institution in effigy. At a late hour
j about forty students, who are opposed to
I the n?vv president, met on the campus an 1
i went through the formalities of interring
the college. A sham coffin was produced
and placed in position, and after ha
rangues by some of thv leaders of the
factions, the casket was buried beneath a
convenient pile of ashes, The incident
has attracted considerable attention.
BROOKLINE'S STRIKE ENDED.
The Reynolds Shoe Factory to Take
Back Its Old Hunde.
Brookline, Mass., Jan. 15.-The strike at
Reynolds’ shoe factory was settled this
noon. The secretaries of the various or
ganizations involved held a conference
with Mr. Reynolds this morning and et
! a meeting of tho shop’s crew held later
| the strike was settled in a manner satis-
I factory to all parties. The result of the
strike has been anxiously awited by th*
i hoe workers of this city, as a free shop
! Would have been detrimental to the inter
ests of organized labor her*, especially at
the present time. The employes returned
j to work this afternoon.
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Iff, ISOS.
FIVE BULLETS IN HIS BODY.
That Is the Condition of a Promising
\ oust Valdosta Doctor.
Valdosta, Ua., Jan. 15.—This city and
section sas shaken with a sensation
this morning sucb as it has not liad in
a long time. Last night about 10 o'clock
ten pistol shots rang out in tho northern
part of the city, but not until this morn
ing was any explanation given as to
what it all meant. With those shots
went the life blood of. one of Ihe most
prominent young physicians in this sec
tion, dyeing with its crimson hues the
threshold of one of the toughest bagnios
the city has ever had.
The place where the shooting occurred
is in the northern part of the city at a
disreputable house owned and run by a
notorious character named Hattie How
ell. The house is located In such a part
of the town as to make it almost impos
sible for the city authorities to suppress
it in the past, although its occupants
have figured a number of times before
the mayor, who has fined them heavily
on each occasion. It is understood too,
that a recent grand jury attempted to
try its hands in suppressing the house,
but for some reason that body failed
to g&t sufficient evidence against the in
mates of the place to justify such meas
ures. The young physician who figured
in the sensation of last night is the lead
ing physician at one of the convict camps
in this section, and id named Overstreet.
He is well known here, and is said to bo
one of the cleverest young men in the
country. Those who know him best say
that he is strictly' temperate, except on
rare occasions, when he shows an over
fondness for wine and women. Yester
day was one of the days on which the
old thirst came upon him, and in conse
quence, his life may pay the forfeit for
his slip.
While in the city yesterday he allowed
himself to take one drink which called
for another, until by night, he had be
come pretty well Intoxicated.
Alter supper he and a friend mounted
a hack, and directed the driver to go to
the place of tho Howell womun. Reach
ing that place, they dismounted and en
tered the yard. They knocked upon tho
door, and were Informed that they could
not onter. The two men spent some timo
around the place trying to persuade the
woman to let them in. The evidence does
not show that they tried to force, an en
trance, but the fact exists that when they
turned to leave the house, both women,
Hattie Howell and Birt Sellers, rushed
out and began firing at them. Five bul
lets took effect in the body of Over
street, one of w hich passed through a
lung, and another grazing the spinal
column, and all of them entering from
the back. The other three shots took
effect in the legs and hip.
Overstreet was brought to the city,
where medical aid was summoned, and
is still lying in a very dangerous con
dition at the Prescott house. He is being
attended by Dr. Rose. The two Women
are in jail waiting the result of the
wounds. Public indignation is strong
against the women, and should Over
street die, it is probable that a mighty
effort W'ill be required to save the women’s
necks.
It is stated that the shots were fired af
ter the men had gotten outside the gate,
and were on their way to the city. It
is also claimed that neither of the men
were armed in any way. Two men were
in the house at the time, but they were
not implicated in the crime.
MONEY* FOR SAVANNAH.
Provision Made for the River and Har
bor and Newr Building.
Washington, Jan. 15.—1n the sundry civil
appropriation bill reported to the House
to-day, Savannah harbor gets the full
amount of the estimate, $856,230.
The court house and postofflee does not
fare so well. In spite of Representative
I,ester's urgent recommendation that the
S2OO,(XJO estimated by the Secretary of the
Treasury be allow'ed, the committee cut
the amount in half and appropriated SIOO,-
000. In explanation of the action of the
committee, it is said that the acting super
vising architect of the treasury, after sub
mitting an estimate of $200,000 for the Sa
vannah building, came before the commit
tee and stated that one half of that
amount, with the unexpended balance of
$36,632, would be quite sufficient to carry
on the work during the next eighteen
months. When Mr. Lester heard of the
action of the committee, he finally pre
vailed upon them to insert a provision,
which gives the supervising architect tne
privilege of contracting for the completion
of tho building without delay.
lu the same bill, provision is made for
the surveys of the Savannah river bar.
The bill, as reported to the House to-day,
carries an aggregate of $38,540,721, being
$7,843,793 less than the estimates on which
it is based, and $4,286,215 above the amount
carried by the bill for the year 1895.
Among other items carried by the bill
are the following:
For additional lights in the Mobile ship
channel $30,000 is provided.
River and harbor improvements under
the contract system:
Galveston harbor, Texas—Continuing
Improvement, $1,160,000, of which SIOO,OOO
may be used for dredging.
Charleston, S. C., continuing improve
ment, $500,000.
Savannah, Ga., to complete improve
ments, $856,230.
Mobile, Ala., to compdete improvements,
$291,300.
Under the Mississippi river commission:
Mississippi river from the head of the
passes to the Ohio river, $2,665,000; Missis
sippi river, from the Ohio river to the Mis
souri river, $758,333: from the Missouri river
to Minneapolis, $866,666.
The bill appropriates $75,000 for the
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National
Park; $1,480,000 for the life-saving service;
$2,004,000 for the light house establish
ment; $125,000 for the quarantine service.
No proposition was made to incorporate
in the bill the $6,000,000 asked for by the
Louisiana delegation for the payment of
the bounty on the sugar crop of 1891.
TAYLOR’S FLIGHT.
A Suspicion That Ho Sailed From New
York on the Persian Monarch.
Pierre, S. D„ Jan. 13.—1n executive ses
sion yesterday tho legislature agreed to
pass bills authorizing the attorney general
to employ detectives to find the abscond
ing state treasurer. There has Keen a
suspicion in the minds of the officials
that Taylor sailed from New York on
th“ Persian Monarch, the captain of which
is Taylor's brother-in-law.
England’s Anti-Gambling League.
London, Jan. 15.—The Anti-Gambling
League has olitair.ed a summons against
the Jockey Club for permitting betting on
New Market Heath. The case will be
heard within a month.
BAKER’S DIVE A BAD ONE.
Men Who Hang Out There Till of Some
of Its Dark Crimes.
Countrymen Given Knockout Drops in
Their Whisky and Then Robbed The
17-Year-Old Son of a Prominent Rail
road Man One of the Victims Led
Astray by the Place -Whisky Belling
in Full Blast on Sunday Gambling?
Gaines Galore in an Up6tairs Room.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. Atlanta’s Lexow
committee began its investigation of the
Baker case to-day. If is expected to l‘
the entering wedge that will bring the
whole police department, and probably
other departments cf the city government,
under the official sear, h light. While it
cannot yet be told how far this prediction
will be fulfilled the tim day’s work of the
committee certainly disclosed a condition
of vice, crime and rottenness flourishing
right under the noses of the police, in. the
veryh eart of the city,that is a great shock
to the public.
The police may have been imposed upon,
but since the revelations before the Inves
tigating committee of the \ery first plunge
of the search light, it is nevertheless a
fact that there is room to believe in the
existence of almost anything in the way
of vice and crime In this city, and to war
rant an investigation of the most thor
ough character. The police themselves
are not on trial now and they ma/be in
nocent of any collusion. In fart this is
the probability, but at the same time tho
discovery of such a nest as the old Na
tional hotel and of such a gang as in
fested It is a severe shock to the munici
pal government.
One of the witnesses put up by the
prosecution to-day was young Willie Grif
fin, the 17-year-old son of J. J. Griffin, for
years freight agent of the East Tennes
see road. The boy, according to his story,
on tlie stand, had been steered into the
National hotel bar two years ago, when
he was but 15 years old, since which time,
he was one of the habitues of the place,
“a sucker,” as he told the committee. The
gamblers, thieves, and toughs, who con
gregated tha place regularly got* his
money and though but a boy he was a
recognized patron at the bar.
The barroom opened on Peachtree
street with the billiard room in the rear.
While the proprietor kept the front pa
loon in order, the work of sand bagging,
drugging and capping victims, “crap”
shooting, card playing and all sorts of vice
went on in full blast undisturbed in the
hack room. Sunday was no exception.
Then, as on any other day, tin- . vid. nee
showed, whisky was sold and the games
went on. The only difference was that the
saloon from the street liad the appear
ance of being closed up.
Young Griffin is doubtless but one of
many boys roped In and preyed upon by
the hobos of the National hotel. Asked
for his opinion of the place, the hoy said:
“I do not think anybody with money could
go in there and get out without it again.”
This nest flourished for several years in
the heart of the city w*ith policemen
walking up and down in front every few
minutes, even going inside frequently “on
business.”
The Investigating committee, which is
composed of Councilmen Bell, Brayles,
Gamp, Howell, Sims and Day, is holding
its session in the council chamber. When
Chairman Ball, called the committee to
order this morning, the chamber was
crowded to the doors with people of high
and low degree. There were about 100
witnesses present, and more are to come
from time to time as the investigation
proceeds.
Mr. Baker, clerk of the police court,
who is the man now under fire, is repre
sented by Lawyers B. H. Hill, T. N.
Rucker and T. Z. Kanes, while Hon. \V.
C. Glenn appears for Chief Detective
Wright to prosecute the charge and han
dle the toasting fork for the police de
partment. Assistant City Attorney Col
ville met with the committee as legal ad
viser.
All the proceedings are taken steno
graphlcally, in order to preserve the rec
ord.
Chairman Bell, In opening the investiga
tion, said the committee would probe to
the bottom so long as the evidence in
troduced vva.s confined to the province of
the committee, that is, so long as it
bears on the Baker ease. Other investi
gations must come later.
After the reading of the formal charges,
as already given in these dispatches,
Lawyer Hill submitted Baker’s answer,
which was an explanation of some of the
charges and a sweeping denial of others.
Capt. J. W. English, chairman of the
board of police commissioners, was the
first of the 100 or more witnesses to be
sworn for the prosecution to be intro
duced, after Lawyer Glenn had outlined
the course to be followed by saying the
only question at issue was Baker’s guilt,
not whether the police were guilty also
or Incompetent, their guilt, or collusion
or incompetency being no extenuation of
Baker’s career.
Capt. English, W’hile he appeared only
as a witness, is the real prosecutor in the
case. The gist of his testimony was that
he disapproved of Baker’s appointment
to office by City Clerk Woodward in pay
ment of a political debt, and then when
certain gamblers escaped the pursuit of
the detectives he suspected Baker of hav
ing given the “tip,” remembering his con
nection with the National hotel saloon.
The captain tried to get Baker out of
office without bringing on this investiga
tion, but could not. He told of the scene
in his bank when Baker and Hall de
manded a copy of the letter containing
Detective Wright’s charges, and how he
fired them out at the point of his pis
tol.
Fred Cooper, brother of ex-Mayor
Cooper, who has a wide reputation as a
gambler, w*as then introduced. Cooper
was probaply the most sensational
witness that will be introduced be
fore the committee. Last May he went to
jail on a plea of guilty to gaming, and,
after serving four months emne out a
reformed man. He claims that for years
he was one of the leaders of the National
hotel “hobos,” a gambler, thief and
rogue generally, according to his own
confession. Rut he determined to re
form and consequently made a clean
breast on the stand to-day. He war. em
ployed by Bill Hall as barkeeper. Baker
was afterward Hall’s partner, and while
Cooper was in the saloon was his constant
associate. Cooper lost his place in the
saloon because of his fighting in Macon,
where he attacked the judge because he
would not accept bond for him. He was
put in Jail then and consequently couldn’t
here to attend to fhe bar, so Baker
succeeded him. Co.>p?r told of various
robberies in the saloon and billiard room,
in all of which the proprietor got a “rake
off.”
He said a Mind tiger w is regularly run
by the pin e on Bun-lav < in a back room
up stairs, and that the whisky used
was largely made on the premises in a
back room, although he had never seen
1 taker making it. The place was the ren
devouz for thieves, fighters, toughs, “ho
bos” and crooks *f all kinds. “They gen
erally staid In the billiard room behind,”
h • said, “the light hurt their eyes.” One
of the instances of the practices of the
place given, was where a man named
Green was drugged and taken in the
alh y back of tin* billiard i v<rn and there
robbe l. Forty dollars of the booty was
handed to Cooper. Dan Fa Ivey got sl>,
and the balance was divided around. He
also told of a “pill b<.\” game in which
Baker figured, and how a man named
Lane, who threatened to expose the place
was sent to the chain-gang by having an
ol 1 pistol clipped in his pocket by some
one in the house and then being handed
over to the police.
Cooper told of stolen goods being re
celved by Hall and of Baker running a
“blind tiger” aud “crap” room upstairs.
Baker liad once backed him on a “Tiv
oli” machine, which was a scheme to rob
the gullible, public.
One of the sensational features of
Cooper’s confession was about i “red
book” which flail. Baker’s partner, kept.
This book contained the name and details
of frequenters of tho place, who had
transgressed the criminal law. By means
of this Hall kept them under his control
and forced obedience to his direction in
all things, on penalty of exposure to the
police. Cooper had to pay back the $lO
of the money stolen from Green, that is
he gave It to Detective Looney, but didn’t
know where if went, for he had never
seen Green himself. The defense sought
to show that Detective Looney kept this
money, ami had extorted other money
from Cooper’s relatives to prevent prose
cution, but so far have not introduced
witnesses to prove this.
Another timo when Cooper robbed n
man of S3O he was arrested by the detect
ives, but Solicitor Thomas of the city
court noli ptossod the case against him
on payment of the costs.
It was brought out by cross examina
tion that the detectives have recently
taken great interest in Cooper, and have
promised to get him the position of
county jailer. Cooper, however, denied
that ho was under their Influence, al
though he and others of the star wit
nessea held a conference with the de
tectives at their office last night. Cooper
said he was arrested in Savannah last
spring and brought hack here at the in
stance of the detectives. The grand Jury
was then investigating the charges of
bribery against them, and he would have
been willing, he declares, to go to the
penitentiary for ten years if he could
have succeeded in sending Detectives
Wright, Looney and Cason up for one
year by his evidence before the grand Jury.
But he knew nothing against them.
Cooper thought the present interest of
the detectives in him was because they
thought his reformation genuine and de
cided to help him, although it was de
veloped by cross examination, that this
friendly interest manifested itself just at
the beginning of the present troubles of
tho detective department.
W. 8. Griffin, the 17-yenr-old boy, who
gave testimony substantially as given
above, followed Cooper.
At the afternoon session a number of
the frequenters of the National hotel
bar were Introduced to corroborate
Cooper's story of the character of the
place and the crimes committed there.
Dan Falvey and Henry Falvey, both no
torious crooks, were among those wit
nesses.
Charlie Howard, who helped run tho
blind tiger under Baker’s orders, was also
put up, giving very damaging testimony
against the accused.
Ernest T. Clark, employed by G. T.
Dodd & Bro., wholesale grocers, told
about a lot of goods being taken from
that store by young Torn Dodd and given
to Bill Hall of the National hotel, which
goods were afterward disgorged by Hall
under police interference.
Dan Falvey, in his testimony describing
the robbery of Green, said he was first
drugged, Hall putting in his whisky what
they calleft a “knocker” at the place.
Baker had first noticed that Green had
a lot of money, and when| he put sf> down
on the counter for a drink didn't give him
any change. Afterward the robbery was
committed. Falvey claimed that he was
also forced to give the detectives the $lO
he received of the booty. “The detec
tives,” he said, “took the clothes off my
back, actually stripped me to get the
money."
Continuing on this line, he told how the
detectives got him and Cooper and other
witnesses down to their office last night
to “confer” about the case. Their depo
sitions were taken, but w ere not admitted
on the hearing to-day. Falvey said Detec
tive Looney never paid for anything at
the National while he was on that beat.
Henry Falvey promptly confessed that
ho hadn’t made an honest dollar in four
years. When asked if h** wasn’t living
with Jessie Bone, the famous “hobo”
queen, noted as keeping a place for
crooks, he replied: “Oh, she’s been my
girl for years, but the detectives would
be the last to find it out.”
The detectives were put on the rack
at the night session* of the committee.
Policeman fiherdon, who succeeded De
tective Looney on the National hotel
beat, was first put up, but only testified
about the general character of the place.
Detective Looney was then called. Un
der Lawyer Glenn's handling, he showed
up as a mighty enemy of the hoboes, but
when Lawyer Rosser took hold of tho
toasting fork, Detective Looney’s valor
paled considerably. It was brought oue
that on account of “Influence” Freder
ick Cooper, Hugh Wright, Falvey. and
others concerned In the robbing of Green,
had been allowed to go unpunished, com
promising a felony. It was also disclosed
that tho detectives had been devoting
most of their time to looking up gambling
rases, which were prosecuted in the city
court, and the charge was made that
the detectives got a take out from th*
officers of the city court for their ser
vioes, although they denied this.
Detective Looney was also charged with
mutilating court records, while the de
tective department was held up an pro
tecting certain gamblers when the grand
jury called for a list of gamblers to pros
ecute.
Detective Cason and Chief Detective
Wright were also put on ihe stand, and
all were given pretty much the same
treatment. All were asked If they had
not been paid in cash for protecting
gamblers, and for protecting the Na
tional hotel blind tiger. They were also
questioned as to presents from the keeper
of a certain lewd house, but the detectives
denied any receipt of such gifts
The famous Aragon hotel poker game,
in which J. D. Cunningham lost $2,000,
and then appealed to the detectives, who
recovered it from the others, but never
prosecuted ail tho participants m the
gamo, was also dragged jn. It was shown
where Oinnlnghatn. who has never been
prosecuted, gave tho detectives slm as
a pres at. The detectives claimed the fx>-
h* *• commission was cognizant of this
present, however.
Detective Looney was charged with
warning the manipulator* of the National
hotel blind tiger whenever the police
contemplated a raid, so that they always
escaped. Ho admitted being a frequenter
of Hall’s bar an<l receiving free cigars
and drinks whenever he went in.
A SLAUGHTER AT A FIRE.
Soventy-flvo Persona Killed by Ex
ploding Cars of Powder.
Butte, Mont., Jan. 15.- During a fire at
the Montana Central railroad yards this
evening, several ears of powder caught
fire and exploded with trenvn lons force,
killing a number of firemen and specta
tors and maiming many others. Severs!
men are known to have been Killed out
right.
There were three separate explosions,
the first two breaking nearly every win
dow’ within a radius of two miles. Owing
to tho excitement the extent of the eas
i unlit lea cannot bo ascertained.
The fire attracted a largo crowd and
hundreds were standing near when tho
first explosion occurred. Men and women
were mowed down like grass before a
sickle, but many were only stunned by tho
force of the explosion. Debris from cars
and adjoining buildings was h< uttered
high in the air for half a mile a%vay, many
of the flying articles striking people in the
crowd.
Every ambulance, vehicle and doctor in
town was soon on the scene, carrying of!
the dead and wounded. The ground was
strewn like a field of battle with tho in
jured and dead.
owing to the fact that there were still
several cars of powder on the track, and
the report that one of tho burning ware
houses also contained a quantity of pow
der, few dared after the first explosion,
to venture to the assistenee of the in
jured. When they* did they were met by
the second explosion like a raking fire
from an army. Tho second was soon fol
lowed by a third, and the heavens were
lighted with flume. The reports were
heard and the shocks felt for miles.
After the third explosion the police and
the hospital corps began the work of
picking up the dead and earing for the
wounded. Fifteen dead bodies were piled
together, many of them being mangled
to such an extent thf-y were not identi
fied Iri the excitement. Every house in
the vicinity was turned into a hospital.
The scene after the explosions whs be
yond all description. Men and women
wrung their hands and cried in agony, it
is said that every fireman whs either
killed or fatally wounded.
It is believed that tho number of the
dead will reach at leant seventy-five.
DOVER’S BANK SENSATION.
Tho AfT.iirn of the Nicked Savings to Be
Wound Up at Once.
Dover, N. If., Jan. 15. -There are no
other startling developments in the Dover
National Bank sensation. The work of
examination is continued by Bank Ex
aminer Dorr.
Great Interest is centered upon the Five
Gents Savings Bunk, whose affairs will
In* wound up at once.
Bank Commissioner Hatch is in town to
day and says Chief Justice Do© will be
asked to appoint a receiver.
Tho winding up of tho affairs of the
Five Cents Savings hank is not entirely
duo to the default of Abbott, as the bunk
has been In a bad state for a couple of
years. Last February an examination
was made by the commissioners, and they
recommended a staling down of 25 per
cent., which was done. The bank Is a
heavy holder of Atchison, Union Pacific
and other western railroad securities and
their depreciation caused heavy losses.
The bank also holds 150 shares of the Dover
National Bank stock. Nearly all these
securities are non-marketable.
The funeral of Isaac F. Abbott will be
held Thursday privately at his late home.
DEATH FOLLOWS DESPONDENCY.
An Oyster Packer of Baltimore Puts a
Bullet in His Brain.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 35.—William F.
Crosier, who conducted an oyster and
fruit-packing business under the firm
name of If. S. Lanfair & Cos., on Boston
street, committed suicide this morning in
hjs residence. Now 1604 North Calvert
street, by shooting himself In the right
temple with a 32-caliber revolver.
Mr. Crosier was one of the best known
fruit and oyster packers in Baltimore.
He was 51 years of age and a thirty-second
degree Mason.
Despondency resulting from the business
depression is supposed to have caused
his self-destruction.
MORE AID FOR NEBRASKA.
South Carolina J.o Forward Several Oar
loads of Provisions.
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 15.—A special com
mittee. appointed by the Young Men’s
Business League of Charleston, has issued
an address to the people of South Caro
lina, calling upon them to contribute to
the relief of the Nebraska sufferers. It
Is proposed to collect as many carloads
of provisions as possible in this city and
then forward them to the famine-strick
en districts in the west. The railroad
companies have agreed to transport all
donations free. The committee hopes to
makes its shipment within a few' days.
The people arc contributing liberally.
DURLAND GOES TO PRISON.
He Was Convicted of Using the Malle
to Defraud.
Philadelphia, Jan. 15. Judge Butler, In
the "United States district court to-day,
sentenced John TL Durland, president of
the Provident Bond and Investment Com
pany, who was convicted on Dec. 7 of
using the malls in carrying on a scheme
to defraud, to ten months’ imprisonment
and to pay a fine of SIOO. The imprison
ment dates from the ti ne of conviction,
Hirme which time Durland has been in
jail.
Abbeville’s New Postmaster.
Washington. Jan. 15.—The Senate to-day
confirmed the nomination of Robert S.
Link to be postmaster at Abbeville, S.
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SHUTS CAUSE A SENSATION.
Fx Gov. Tillm.m’s .Nephew and Gov.
Evans’ lirothcr in a Duel.
Each Firra Three Shota and Every Bui*
let Tak * Effect None of the Wounds
Inflicted of a Dangerous Character A
Law* Office at Edgefield the Scens of
the Meeting-—Bad Feeling Between the
Two Engendered at a German a Year
Ago and Intensified by Subsequent
Events.
Columbia, S. C. t Jan. I.s.—At Edgefield
; >otci lay afternoon, in the narrow con**
i (Inc* of Attorney G. McGowan Simpkins*
! law office, two voting men, members ofi
I the closely allied and politically power*
ful families of Tillman and Kvana, fought
1 an improfiiptu duel, discharging their pis*
tois at eaeh other three times each, and
hediimg one another’s blood. The newn
of the affair did not reach any point un
j till to-day. Fortunately neither of th#
men are seriously injured.
One of the young men was Capt. James
11. Tillman, a nephew of the ex-govtrnos
•md son of ox-Congressman George P,
Tillman, formerly the clerk of the con
gres.ilonal committee on patents, and th#
otlu r was the young* st brother of Gov
Evans, Barnard it. Evans, an Insuranc#
agent.
There has been bud blood between th#
two young men for over a year. It hegarv
a? a German given during the holiday#
•ft IMKMH in Edgefield by the club of wliicig
Evans was president and Tillman at
member. Both claimed to have been in*
-ultet by the other. The feeling ha#
grown Intense during the year, first on®
thing and then another adding fuel to th#
lire.
The men were brought together in th®
off!* e by Mr. Simpkins. Tillman owe#
Evans a note. lie bud paid all but %
until amount, when Evans placed It im
Simpkins’ hands, telling him to brln#
I suit. Tillman stated thnt this was un**
! necessary as he was willing to settle it
; if Evans was present. Mr. Himpklns went
to Evans, telling him Tillman insisted h®
should be present and saying Tillman was
waiting at his office. Evans mentioned!
i th** Intense feeling, and said it were bet**
j t*r that they should not meet. Finally, h*s
went. It seems that Tillman referred to
the* old trouble, saying that he had beers
insulted by Evans. Evans said this wa*
another matter, but, If Tillman felt In
sulted, he would give him satisfaction
at any time, but this office was not tho
place. Tillman said that this was as good
time as any, and remarked that Evans
had “acted the and rascal all the way)
through.'* Evans gave this the d—•
lie.
Each claims that tho other fired first,
Evans* friends claim that Tillman shot di
rectly at Evans* head. Tillman’s friends
claimed thnt Evans fired at Tillman while
his hack was partly turned, the bullet en
tering the rear part of the cheek and
coming out at the? chin. Tillman’s first
ball entered Evans’ arm.
The second shots were fired simulta
neously, Tillman’s piercing Evans’ left
breast, glancing around the body and
lodging under the shoulder blade, whil*
w'hllo Evans’ ball entered Tillman’s right
hand and ranged up the arm.
Tho third and last shots were fired clox#
together, Tillman’s bullet entering Evans*
hat at th** band, and had not Evans dodgedi
the shot would have been fatul. Evans*
last ball punctured Tillman’s trousers.
Evans* brother, N. G. Evans, was in th®
n*xt room. He ran in. One story is t®
th*) effect that he tired twice as he came.
Gov. Evans has gone to Edgefield.
Tillman stood in the front of th© offle#
after he came out and stated that Evans
had tried to shoot him In the back. Evans
is said to bo In bed, with physicians prob
ing for tho bull in his shoulder. Til Imam
is at his office and going about as usual
to-day.
Thero was no politics in it at all.
Th© affair has caused quite, a flutter of
excitement all over tho state.
MEDILL OUT OF THE RAOE.
Ho Would Accept if Elected, But Does
Not Expect to Be Chosen.
Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 15.—There wag
much interest here In the recent press re*
port from Chicago to the effect that th®
Hon. Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago
Tribune, had formally withdrawn frong
the race for the United States senatorshlfi
from Illinois and that one of the stat#
senators there; had a letter from Mr.
Medill conveying this information to th®
republican caucus of tho legislature.
Mr, Medill could not been seen to-night,
owing to temporary Illness, but his eon-in
law, Mr. McCormick, said: “Mr. Medill
'has directed me to *ay that at no time haa
lie been a candidate for the senatorshlp
in tho sense of making a canvass for th®
nomination, or a race for the election, bua
If he should by any chance be elected, he
would accept the senatorshlp. Just at
present, however, he considers himself
out of tho race altogether, for he sees no
probability of his name coming before th®
caucus."
Mr. McCormick also intimated that Mr.
Medill’s supposed friends had not stuck
to him so closely as it was expected they
would.
Other Chicago people here at the hotel
Royal Poinclana aay that all partisan
prejudice aside, Senator Cullum Is tho
most prominent and most promising can
didate by all odds, and that he will un
doubtedly be re-elected. .The McCor
micks and the Medills have hired a fur
nished house for the winter and will prob
ably be here until May. Their home is
the estate adjoining the Royal Poinclana
eocoanut groves and gardens on the north.
This is the first day that Mr. Medill has
kept his room since he arrived here tea
days ago.
ROME WANTS MORE MILLS.
A Committee to Be Sent North to la
duco Them to Locate There.
Rome, Ga., Jan. 15.—The citizens of
Rome held an enthusiastic meeting to
day and steps will at once be taken to
set forth the advantages of the city for
the location of cotton mills and indus
tries of the kind. Another big mass meet
ing will be held to-morrow afternoon. A
committee will be sent north at once, and
it is believed the result will add several
mills to ihose that already have their
eyes on Rome. Romans have an abiding
faith In the city and are sure they can
• how reasons why this place should bo
rejected as a site for industries of th®
kind.