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, Established !tSO Iscorpomatep .>SSB V
J. 11. EbXILL, President. )
BKISSON TO BE PRESIDENT.
Eis Election on the First Ballot Prob
able.
Fans Greatly Excited Over the Resig
aation of Casimir-Perier, hut No Up
nsniß of the Commune Frobable-The
National Assembly to Meet To-day to
Choose the New Chief Magistrate.
The Socialist Deputies Issue a Mani
festo Denunciatory of the Retiring
President-
Paris. Jan. 16.—Rentes were dealt in
cri ihe Boulevard this morning at
the rate of seventy-five centimes lower
t: an the price at which they were quoted
j, sterday.
Although the regulations forbid
Etrft vendors from starting out
with their wares before S o'clock
in the morning, which includes
prohibition of the sale of newspapers by
tr rs. the news boys were allowed this
morning to begin their sales before day
break. The streets were early filled with
yelling boys, whose cries informed many
perrons for the first time of the resigna
tion of the president. The announcement
cartt' like a thunderbolt to thousands of
perrons and every one was asking the
reason for the president's sudden and
seemingly unnecessary action. Various
r- aroiis were given by the newspapers, but
r one of them seemed to satisfy any great
timber of people. Some newspapers de
i Kr< l that M. Casimir-Perier had become
physically unable to resist the impulse
to resign. He has, it is alleged, been sub
j. ted to most extreme nervous tension
evtr since lie became prominent as a
randidate for president, and it Is asserted
by several papers that after his election
be flung himself upon a couch completely
prostrated. Since then he has repeatedly
given way to the intense nervous strain
put upon him. When M. Butdeati, presi
dent of the Chamber of Deputies, died, M.
Casimir-Perier was deeply affected, and it
is said he has not since recovered from
the shock which the announcement of his
friend s death gave him.
All of the groups in the Chamber of Dep
uties held meetings this morning to discuss
the situation. The ground was thor
oughly gene over, but no decision was
arrived at in regard, to the selection of
candidates for the succession to the.presi
deney. The names of M. Felix I'aure,
Loubet, Waldeck-Rousseau and Brisson
were mentioned and discussed, but a defi
lut decision was reserved pending the de
intents of the day. The supporters
<■ the government were willing to re-elect
J! i'„f,inir-Perier, but, failing in this be
cause of his refusal to accept or for
er.y other reason, it was regarded as
hk 1 that they would support M. Dupuy.
a 'ive canvassing of the presidential
Deterrences of the various senators and
d-pitles has been in progress to-day.
Mai y of the members of the Senate and
Chamber of Deputies have been visited
tt their homes. The candidates Include,
besides those already mentioned, Premier
Dtipuy, M. Cavignac and M. Challemel-La
cour.
The socialist deputies have asked M.
Guerin, minister of justice, to liberate
Deputies Perault, Richard and Carn&ud,
bow serving terms in prison, and also de
manding the expulsion of M, Rounet from
the chamber on Saturday last for a period
f fifteen days, shall not deprive him of
the right to sit In the national convention
called to elect a successor to M. Casimir-
I’erier. After the council in the minister
of the interior this afternoon, the cabinet
went to the palace of the Elysse, where
they were closeted with M. Casimir-Perier
lor half an hour.
The socialist members of the Chamber
of Deputies issued a manifesto denounc
ing M. Casimir-Perier and declaring his
re-election impossible. Indeed, they do
™ regard him as likely to present himself
for re-election. The manifesto’ says: r*i.
‘ -imir-Pnrier has gone, never to return.
He is vanquished by socialism. He de-
Ur ll ' in order to avoid fighting the battle
of the reactionists. His weakness of char
•v T, r has been the chief cause of his over
’ O'"-, which is a victory for the socialist
He is killed by the corruption of
Dir* regime of which he was the head, and
ited by the intrigues of the president
of his own council of ministers. If is
ushonor such as his flight that capi
talistic society will perish. The downfall
' asimir-Perier is the downfall of capi
talism and reaction.”
‘ho national convention, comprising the
members of the Senate and Chamber of
Deputies, has been summoned to meet
the palace of Versailles at 1 o’clock to
morrow afternoon for the purpose of
to ting a successor to President M. Casl
r-f'erier. Premier Dupuy and the
o members of the council of ministers
'he palace of the Elysee
afternoon after a conference with
_ 1 asimir-Perier, at which the ministers
the president assurances of their
rersmnal sympathy and the expressions of
rral regret which is felt at hi3 res
snation. Later the ministers held a cen
to for the purpose of discussing the
‘ nation created by' the resignation of
i president, whose entourage strongly
w! 111,1 ” le ste P he has taken.
ashington, Jan. 16.—Secretary Gresh
,*las rec eived a cablegram from
t ~‘ "t■‘sador Eustis confirming the re
resignation of the president of
■ and expressing the opinion that
••tnotis trouble need he apprehended.
. r ,T ' '‘amber of Deputies was called to
, •' r by ttie president, M. Brisson, this af
"> at 3 o'clock. M. Brisson an
t,i ' a m,,ssa Se from President easi
er. He then read the message of
‘"fiftnation,
r, f 1 *i r ~IC rea f'<ng of the message the
Ch 'i nl roa d the notice issued by M.
cl-Laeour, president of the Senate,
р, , national assembly in the
°£ Versailles to-morrow. The
tf is ht a ' so road the sections
H'uai f oastitntion applying to the
f "it and announced that he had re
r, ,wo demands for a division of the
,!lr ’ r1 ' which he said could not he
t.r- Unll riow ' as *he chamber was sit
a ]f.t S .c mfTe electoral body, and not in
the,,, capacity. The chamber
'-"’"med, after a sitting which last
j., ' l,n minutes. As Ihe members dis
t‘.re ih„ ~s . o c’ a * ’s rs raised an uproar,
ti. - ■ ive la revolution social,"
y . ~nn ,he other parties retorted, each
r> rc l ' owri war cry.
t*-** ‘ t . r f asim i r -Perler’s message was
с. r . Senate by M. Challemel La
ci'i'i'on f nt f^at body. At the con
of rr ir ' reading there arose a babe]
a s h'a*" 1 !' among which M. Eabre
'jet l .'° exclaim: "So much the
il. r hlm '
‘arrtn De Baisan shouted: "It is
fpje ittornina
desertion of the republic," and the mem
bers of the left cried in chorus: "Vive ia
Repubiiquc."
The message was variously criticised
in the iobhi-s after the adjournment of
the Senate and the chamber, and the
opinion was gene Ally expressed that
M Casimir-Perier had given a coup d‘
grace to the present system whereby' the
president of the republic is made irrespon
sible. it Is believed the irresponsibility'
of presidents is a thing of the past and
the resignation of President t as mir-Perier
will probably cause other radical changes
in the consitutton.
In the caucus of republican senators held
after the adjourn m* nt of the Senate, M.
Waldeck-Rousseau received 63 votes amt
M. Brisson, 33. The groups of deputies
favorable to the candidacy of M. Brisson
held a caucus and discussed the avatlihili
ty of several candidates in an informal
way, but adjourned without taking a vote.
Tite Brisson senators and deputies have
unearthed a speech made by >l. Lotibet in
1883 in w hich he approved the railway con
ventions. This will militate greatly
against M. Lotibet, and as things look now
SI- Brlsson’s election seems a certainty.
It is expected that Uen. Sausaer, military
governor of Paris, will receive some votes
in the national assembly to-morrow, hut
it is thought they will be merely compli
mentary. The conference of senators and
deputies in the Palais Du Luxembourg
finally dissolved shortly before 8 o'clock
without taking a vote. In consequence of
the refusal of M. Waldeck-Rousseau to be
a candidate the union republicans and the
union progressists have put forward as
their choice Felix Faurc. This loaves M.
Brisson and M. Faure ihe principal can
didates. According to the latest estimates
M. Brisson will obtain 330 votes on the first
ballot of the national assembly to-morrow*.
The message of >l. Casimir-Perier to
the Senate and Chamber of Deputies,
resigning the office of president, is as
follows.
"Messieurs Les Senators et Deputies—l
have never concealed from myself the
difficulties of the task which the national
assembly imposed upon me. 1 had fore
seen them, but, although one does not
refuse the post in a moment of danger,
one only retains the position with dig
nity under the conviction that he is serv
ing the country. The president of the
republic deprived of the means of act
ing can only find confidence in reliance
upon the nation. Without this his situa
tion is powerless. I do not doubt the
good sense and Justice of France, hut
public opinion has been misled. Neither
my twenty years devotion to democracy
nor my deep attachment to the republic
has sufficed to convince all republicans
of tho slncerety and ardor of my politi
cal faith, nor to disabuse my adversaries,
who believe, or affect to believe, that
I will make myself an Instrument of
their passions and their hopes.
"During the past six months a campaign
has been conducted of defamation and
Insults against the army, the magistra
ture (here a socialist shouted “And right
ly”). parliament and an irresponsible
chief of state. This liberty of fomenting
social hatred continues to be called liberty
of thought. The respect and ambition I
have for the country will not peuuit me
to allow that certain men may* every day
insult the best servants of the fatherland
(at this point the reading was interrupted
by* loud noises among the socialist depu
ties) and he who represents France in the
eyes of foreign nations. I cannot resign
myself to compare the weight of moral
responsibility resting upon me with the
Impotence to which I am condemned. Per
haps I shall be understood if I affirm
that constitutional functions cannot si
lence the demands of political conscience.
Perhaps by abandoning my functions I
shall have traced their duty to those who
are still preoccupied with the dignity of
office and will have a care for the good
name of France before the world. Un
changingly, faithful to myself, I remain
convinced that reforms can be carried out
with the active concurrence of a govern
ment which is resolved to- assure respect
for the laws and. determined to Insure
the obedience of their subordinates and
group them all in common action for the
common aim. I have faith, despite the
sadness of the present moment, in France's
future progress and in the future of so
cial justice.
"I lay upon the table of the Senate and
the Chamber of Deputies my resignation
of the functions of president of the French
republic. Casinilr-Perler."
The secrecy of the ballot for President
will ensure M. Brihson many besides rad
ical votes in the national assembly. There
is a considerable number of deputies who,
while unwilling to advocate openly the
election of a radical, prefer to vote for one
privately rather than run the risk of a
dissolution, which would speedily follow
the choice of anybody except M. Brisson.
Among these secret supporters of M.
Brisson wll be several opportunists,
who fear a dissolution above all things.
Early this evening the prospects of
Leon Bourgeois, ex-minister of justice,
and Senator Magnin were discussed quite
generally. Several leading senators of
the right favored the choice of M. Wal
deck-Rousseau. The plain tendency of
opinion as the evening advanced, how
ever, was that 4he main struggle would
be between M. Faure and M. Brisson, and
that no dark horse is likely to run ahead
of either. It is not believed that the elec
tion will be made on the first ballot.
31. Lepine, prefect of police, has taken
steps this evening to suppress disorder
at short notice in any* part of the city.
At 11 o’clock to-night it was announced
that M. Waldeck-Rousseau had decided
to be a candidate for the presidency.
Ho reached this decision after mature
consideration and consultation with his
friends. If he adheres to it he will force
>l. Faure into the hack ground.
The Soir sS.vs that while the president's
message was being read in the Senate M.
Flouquet shouted with ironical emphasis:
"That will make a fine impression abroad.”
In the chamber Beudry D'Asson the Or
leanist greeted the message with “Hurrah
for the King.”
It was learned late this evening that
the republican senators, while in caucus,
took a second vote on candidates which
resulted: Waldeck-Bosseau, 84; Bris
son, 66; Loubet, Dupuy and Challemel La
cour, 39 among them.
Rome, Jan. 16.—The council of ministers
decided to-day not to consider the ap
pointment of ambassadors to France,
England and Russia until after the solu
tion of the present French crisis.
The Vatican is worried by the sudden
change in French affairs. The Osserva
tore Romano says it is deplorable to see
French socialists and radicals thus suc
cessful in their schemes and asks at the
end of a pessimistic article "whither are
we tending." .. _ ‘
Owing to the resignation of the French
president, the Vatican has suspended ne
gotiations as to a new nuncio in Baris
and the nomination of French cardinals.
London, Jan. 16 —The Paris correspond
ent of the Daily News, says: "There Is
but one opinion in all parties and that is,
the resignation was a grievous fault, the
outcome of a fit of petulant irritation.
As M. Brisson read the president s mes
sage to the chamber, its tone was felt to
SAVANNAH, GA„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. IHOS,
hp pfovJsfh an! dopmatlc. Thp ministry
must release Richard and t'ardeaud and
allow James and Miram, and Rouanet
to attend the national assembly to-mor
row, or the election will lt* Invalid.**
The !aily Graphic correspondent says:
**M. Waldreok-liousseau’s consenting to
stand has had an inspiring effect gener
ally. Nobody is better qualified than he
to undo th** mischief ausnl by Gasimir-
IVrier s resignation. It is now virtually
certain that M. Challemel-Laeoiif will re
fuse to stand. The troops have been con
fined to the barrat k.>.”
WANTS TO BE A KINO.
The Duke of Orleans Heady to Jump
Back Into France.
London, Jan. IG.—The Puke of Orleans,
chief of the French pretenders, left Lon
don with his suite to-day for Dover, where
he will hold himself ready to start for
France, in case political developments
favor his cause. The Puke of Orleans
said in an interview in Dover this even
ing: “I came here to be near my beloved
France, to learn as early as possible ot tho
progress of e\ents and to give instruc
tions to my supporters. Should an oppor
tunity arise in which I could serve my
country, I would be at the disposal of
France and my friends.*'
ANTI-TOXINE SEKUM.
Doctors of New Orleans Indorse It
After a Test.
New* Orleans, La., Jan. 16,—The com
mission of local physicians appointed to
test the anti-toxine treatment for diph
theria submitted a report last night, in
which they stated that the results were
eminently satisfactory, and removed all
doubt as to the efficacy of the serum,
as it reduced the percentage of mortality
to one-tenth. So well pleased wrere the
commission with the test, which was
thoroughly and carefully made in a large
number of cases, that they recommend
tho establishment of a plant here for the
production of the serum with as Utile
delay as possible, so that there will al
ways be on hand a fresh arid available
supply of anti-toxine. Something over
$."*,000 has been subscribed for the erec
tion of a plant, and there is every reason
to believe that the construction of the
necessary buildings and laboratories will
soon begin, and that before the end of
of the present year the plant will lie
in successful operation, and there will he
no difficulty in supplying the demand for
the serum which may b** made by phy
sicians throughout the state.
END OF THE FILIBUSTER SCAPE.
No Trace of Mantell and Mirandi Yet
Found by the Officials.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 16.—There have
been no new developments in the case
of the yacht LaGonda at Fernandina.
The steamer Baracoa, which was under
charter to the same parties, sailed from
Fernandina for New York to-day, her
owners having ordered her to return,
as they feared that the charter parties
intended to use her unlaw fully.
The United States officials are still In
quiring as to the whereabouts of Jose
Mantell and his friend Mirandi. Marshal
McKay says they have left the city.
United States District Attorney Clark
thinks there is little in the case.
Special Agent S. W. Paine of the treas
ury department is now in Fernandina in
vestigating the case.
It is believed that there Is a sensational
story back of the matter, if it could be
gotten. N. B. Borden, to whom tho La-
Gonda was consigned, knows the truth
about the matter, but self interest is mak
ing him reticent.
EVANS TALKS OF THE DUEL.
He Feels No Inconvenience From His
Wounds.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 16.—The report of the
shooting of Capt. J. H. Tillman and B. li.
Evans In Edgefield on Monday seems to
have been much exaggerated, not the duel,
but the wounds. 3lr. Evans is in Augusta
to-day and though he says that he has a
bullet in the fleshy part of hts shoulder
that he has not had taken out yet, there
is not the slightest indication that he
feels any inconvenience from it. He says
barring a little soreness the next day,
he has felt no pain. There were four
shots on each side, and one of 3lr. Till
man's bullets passed through Mr. Evans’
hat. They were at such close range mat
the powder burned Mr. EVans’ forehead.
Mr. Tillman received a flesh wound in
the chin, and another bullet entered his
hand and coursed up his arm. Neither
was seriously hurt.
SHOT HIS BROTHER DEAD.
—i
The Bullet Fired in Self-defense and
Entered the Heart.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 16.—1. N. William
son shot and killed his brother William
near Fayetteville to-day. The brothers
have been on bad terms for some time
and William returned from Alabama a
few days ago with the avowed Intention
of killing’ his brother. He called at the
home of the latter and induced him to
come out of the house. He attempted to
draw a pistol, but the weapon caught
in his pocket, and before he could draw
the revolver, his brother sent a bullet
through his heart. The slayer gave him
self up.
A BANNER RELIEF TRAIN.
Louisiana to Send 16 or 17 Car Loads
to the Nebraska Sufferers.
New Orleans, Jan. 16.—The sec
retary and treasurer of the as
sociation for the relief of the Nebraska
sufferers states that sixteen or seventeen
carloads have been donated, and addi
tional donations of both supplies and
money are still coming in. It looks as if
Louisiana will send out the banner re
lief train of all her sister states. The
train will leave here about the first of
next week.
RICHMOND’S COLLEGE ROW.
The Faculty Deliberates on the Burial
in Effigy.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 16.—The faculty of
Richmond College met to-night to con
sider the action of the students in bury
ing the college in effigy. The result of
their meeting has not been made public.
Some of the students are out in a card
disclaiming any reflection on the trus
tees personally, but declaring the.r belief
that tne action of the board has killed ,
the college. *
DEIECTIVESON THE RACK.
Atlanta Oliiceis Chirccd Wits Me
sale Corruption.
Chief Wright Admit* That H® Cat the
Name® of Certain Gamblers Out of the
Diet Laid Before tho Grand Jury, But
Claim® That It Was Done With No
Wrong Purpose-Grocer Dodd Accuses
Them of Bad Faith-Other Witnesses
Testify That tho National Hotel Joint
Enjoyed Police Protection Gamblers
Forewarned of Police Raids -Two De
tectives Presented With Kings by a
Woman of the Town.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 16 -The Baker inves
tigation will probably be concluded to
morrow'. The prosecution concluded early
during this morning s session and Uapt.
Baker was up for the defense \yhcn the
committee quit for the day. the
detectives were handled met ik-asly by
the defense, w ho seek to break the w eight
of their accusation by showing that they
are not only engaged in a conspiracy to
supplant Baker in oftk-o by Detective
Looney s son, but that they are them
selves corrupt to tho very core. Evidence
of a most sensational character, sustain
ing tho attack on the honesty of the de
tective department, w <s brought out dur
ing the day, and it is hard to see how a
searching and systematic investigation of
the whole police department can he
avoided. The detecthev are accused by
sworn witnesses of s lling protection to
gamblers, and using their office to prey
upon whatever unfortunates fall into
their hands. They have also received pres
ents from gamblers ami the keepers of
houses of ill fame, au 1 besides all these
charges of corruption, there Is direct con
flict between what th** detectives swore
on the stand and the worn testimony of
others against them. There is a loud call
for the heads of Chief Wright and Looney
and Cason, who are the shining marks
for the present attack. The Baker case is
almost lost sight of between the exposure
of such a den of horrors as tho old Na
tional hotel saloon and the sensational evi
dence of corruption against the police.
Chief Detective Wright was the first wit
ness called to the stand by the committee
this morning. Chief Wright was giving
his testimony’ last night when the commit
tee adjourned, and this morning what he
had to tell was very much on the same
line as what he gave last night. H** ad
mitted that he had cut names out of the
list of gamblers furrrttttM by h4s depart
ment to the grand jury, for the purpose
of giving that body Information upon
which to find indh-tments, but he declared
that he was not guilty of anything im
proper in doing this. He did not remem
ber the names of the men who had es
caped the grand Jury' through this mutila
tion of the list.
G. T. Dodd, a well known wholesale gro
cer, was the first witness for the defense.
He began the toasting that th** detectives
got all along the line by declaring that
there was nothing criminal in the action of
his son in carrying certain goods to the
National hotel, as he was a partner in
the business. Mr. Dodd said that at the
time the matter was explained satisfac
torily' to the detectives, and that when
tho present Investigation was first sprung,
the detectives promised tp leave this tran
saction out of the formal specifications
against Baker, but they had not kept
their word in the matter, which added
to the injustice done Baker in having a
charge that the detectives knew was false
when they made It by doing a further in
justice to his family also.
Tom Dodd, the young man who bad
taken the goods to the National while
drunk, was Introduced und corroborated
his father's account.
Bill Hall, a witness agulnst the detec
tives, was then called. Hall was the pro
prietor of the National saloon during the
period of its Xvorst reputation and during
part of that time. Baker was his confiden
tial friend and business associate. It is
on account of this relation that Baker Is
in his present trouble. He was In author
ity during the absence of Hall and Is there
fore held by the police as equally respon
sible with him for the dark record made
by the place. Hall, when he took the
stand, assumed the air of trying to con
ceal nothing. Re admitted that there was
a blind tiger attachment to the place, a
poker room and a crap room, which were
highly profitable. He also admitted with
out dispute that there were a great many
crooked things done at the place, but con
tended that they were done contrary to bis
desires or abetment, and that he was not
himself criminally guilty.
Hail tried to shield Baker all he could
In the course of the rigid cross-examina
tion to which he was subjected. Detec
tive Looney, Hall claimed, was not only
aware of the character of the place, that
there was a blind tiger being regularly
run and gambling going on, but ho
charged that Looney protected him in
these violations of the law by keeping him
posted of the movements of the police,
notifying him whenever there was danger
of a raid and whenever It was necessary
to lay low tor a while. On one occasion.
Hall said, Looney went out to his house
on Sunday to tell him that thcr.e was like
ly to be a police raid and that he must
close up his shop. 3Vhen a negro started
an opposition tiger in the hotel, Looney
pulled him at Hall's request. 11l return for
these services Hall swore that Looney
had eflrte blanehe at the saloon ami got
everything he wanted. Asa substantia
tion of the accusation against Looney,
Hall declared that there was never a ease
made against any person who- frequented
his poker room, but that just as soon as
he quit business, the gamblers began to
get into trouble. His blind tiger also
did business practically undisturbed, he
said. Hall admitted lhat he kept the
"Red Book” described by Fred Cooper yes
terday. claiming that he kept It for self
protection. As an instance of the devotion
of Detective Looney, he said that when
ever a frequenter of the place got to
talking too much, all he had to do was to
tell the officer, and he would run the
troublesome one out of town, so that he
could not expose the place.
M. M. I’appa of Thomas county testi
fied to having been robbed of s4*) in a
•house of ill fame on a visit to the city.
He called on Detectives Looney and Cason
for assistance, and they charged him |ls
for recovering the money .telling him to
say nothing about the transaction.
When the detectives were on the rack
last night, they were all asked whether
they had received certain presents.
Among the presents named were gome
rings. They denied that they had r
cciYid th© jewelry. This morning Carrie
Clark, the mistress of a notorious resort,
was cal Ted to tho stand and swore thnt
she had made Detectives iooney and
Cts*n each a Christmas present of a
handsome gold ring euh They were fre
quenter® of her place, * he sa|d, and her
friends. Hhe never for a moment trace-1
nny of her troubles with tho oiff* its of
the lw to them, for she did not think
that they would trouble her.
J. M. Iteevug, the jeweller of whom the
woman purchased the ring**, was also in
troduced and testified that Cafon had
brought his back and traded it for an
other.
F. M. Meyers, deputy collector of tho
superior court, was sworn and testified
that he had paid Detective Loon y Jim)
to compromise the Green robbery in
which Fred Cooper, his brother-in-law,
was implicated. Detective Looney told
l.im that it was a bad case against Cooper
and unions Meyers paid the sln> he would
arrest him, but that Green would compro
mise for |lt. Yesterday Cooper himself
testified that if Meyers ever paid Detec
tive 'Looney aay money to settle the
* use he didn't know it, but that the
motley was paid to Detective Looney by
his brother, Tom Cooper, and Henry
Fa Ivey. Myers also paid fIG on the same
cas*; at another time. When he paid the
SIOO, he asked Detective Looney to bring
tire alleged Green to him, but ho has
never seen Green to this day.
Thomas Morrison, barkeeper at the
National hotel, testified that Detective
Looney knew of the existence of the
poker room and blind tiger there, and that
he kept them protected from the police.
He und the detective had frequently talked
about the blind tiger together. Morrison
said ho would have given S.V) to have es
caped appearing before the committee.
L. Newman, a well known painter, told
a sensational story of an attempt to bribe
him to give testimony in favor of Un* de
tectives at the investigation. Newman
says he was approached at the Kimball
house by a man named Trildde, who tes
tified against Baker yesterday. Tribble
told him that Chief of Detectives Wright
wanted to see him. and that “there would
he money In the job for him by doing wfiat
Wright wanted him to do. Newman
some time ago put in his application for
a plac© on the poli* o force and Tribble told
him that Chief Wright, who had a "pull,”
would see that ho whs elected if ho would
do us desired. Later on, after refusing
to have anything to do with the matter,
Newman said he met Tribble again and
Tribble told him that Chief Wright had
worked him for a sucker, and that after
getting all the information he had. he re
fused to pay him for it us he had agreed
to do.
A letter from Chief of l’olice Connally
and others of the department, recom
mending Bill Hill's place as a proper on<
to bo licensed In 1891 was Introduced lo
show that at that time at least, the Na
tional was not In bad repute with the
police.
Will Harp, one of the gamblers who took
a hand in the famous Aragon tiotel game,
when J. I>. Cunningham, after lotting some
K.nOff. appeati'TT Tit ffir prrtico.'-wnx httrn
dueed. Harp i tainted thut ho had been
running a poker room In the Kimball
house, ami that Detectives Wright, Looney
and Cason knew 1, hut he was never mo
lested, though another mail named Bailey,
in the same hotel, was raided and chased
down a fire escape. Harp stated that at
one time he had paid Detective Looney
360, and at another $5. Detective Looney,
ho testified, would frequently ask him
about business, and W’hen It began to get
very warm for tho fraternity last sum
mer, he would often warn him to lay low.
He said that Chief Wright and Dot ctlve
Cason had ulso talked to him about his
business, and he was sure that lie was
running a gambling room at the Kimball.
Slm o the Aragon hotel game, Harp said
he had been arrested for gambling
and has paid some S3OO in fines.
The arraignment of the detectives con
tinued at the afternoon session of the
committee. Dr. W. A. Smith testified that
Detective Looney had arrested hint and
taken him before Judge Westmoreland,
when there was no accusation against
him. It Is this accusation that Detective
Looney is accused of tampering with.
John Morgan, bailiff lo Solicitor General
i I 111, told how the detectives hnd been
summoned before the grand jury, but re
fused to produce their books, claiming
that they were city records. Chief Wright,
however, compromised by agreeing to fur
nish a complete list of all the gamblers,
so that they might be Indicted. When the
list came to the grand Jury, It was Incom
plete and another was ordered. When
Chief Wright sent this one It was muti
lated by five names being eut out with a
knife. The charge Is that these names
were cut out by Chief Wright to protect
the men implicated. He confessed on the
stand, earlier in the day, that he had done
the cutting, but claimed that he did not
remember the names of the parties and
cut them out only because there was
no evidence against them. It is claimed,
however, that tho names cut out were
those of some influential business men
and some gamblers, among them Council
men Tye, Allen, Spencer, Broker and Bill
Brown, a gambler.
J. S. I’routy was Introduced to show that
he had paid $25.75 to Chief Wright as a
gaming tine, hut the money was not regu
larly returned on the records. The books
were introduced to show this and Re
corder Calhoun also gave evidence on the
same point.
Justice Bloodworth, Capt. N. J. Ken
drick and Capt. Jack Stewart were intro
duced to testify to the good character of
Baker and the detective.
The last witness of the day was ('apt.
Baker. lie denied the. truth of all the
charges*aga!nst hts character and claims
to have furnished the detective* much
valuable Information. While Baker was
on the stand tho hearing was adjourned
until to-morrow morning. The hearing of
testimony will probably be concluded to
morrow.
TEXAS’ COTTON ACREAGE.
The Galveston Exchange Recommends
a Reduction.
New Orleans, Jan. 16.—The following
telegram was received here to-day:
Galveston, Tex., Jan. 31.—T0 Robert S.
Day, president New Orleans Cotton Ex
change, Cotton Factors Association: The
directors of the Galvestori Cotton Ex
change heartily and most urgently rec
ommend to the planters of Texas and the
cotton growing states a reduction of 25
per cent, in the acreage to be planted this
year as the only way of restoring prices
to a compensating basis.
Julius Runge,
President Galveston Cotton Exchange.
Mixed Religion in His Whisky.
Knoxville, Tenn.. Jan. 16 In the United
States court to-day Rev. William Hunt, a
Baptist preacher, was convicted of
moonshlning. He Is nearly 70 years of age
and was for several years a Justice of the
peace in Monroe county. I
SELECTING SENATORS.
Result of th*? Ballot® of the Day in Dif
ferent State®.
Washington, Jan. 16.—Ballots for United
Stat s senators w* re tak**n in various
states to-day with the following results:
J) la ware—Two ballet, w* re taken In the
joint session of the le? (Mature to-day. The
result of tH fw\.s: ll.g£;ns, 10; Addlcks,
0; Massey, 3; Wolcott, 1>; Tunnel!, 1. Tho
last named two are U inocrata. This shows
no change from yesterday's separate vote,
excepting that one democratic senator was
absent.
New Hampshire—Tho legislature in Joint
session to-day, ratified the separate vote
of yesterday, electing William E. Chan
dler.
Massachusetts—The legislature In Joint
sesslon to-day declared Georg® F. Hoar
to be his own su< cessor.
Maine -The election of William I*. Frye
to succeed himself, was formally an
nounced by tin* legislature in Joint session
to-day.
Colorado—The legislature In session to
day it tl* cted Edward O. Wolcott to the
United States Senate. Lafe Fence, the
nominee of the populist party, received a
complimentary vote from the members of
that party In the assembly. Charles S.
Thomas also received a complimentary
vote. The vote was ns follows; Wolcott,
D7; Fence, 30; Thomas, 3.
Montana -Lee Mantle of Butte and T.
11. Carter of Helena were to-day elected
United States senators in Joint assembly.
Both are republicans. Mantle gets tho
short term and Carter the long term.
Illinois- A Joint resolution was adopted
by the Senate to-day for tho senatorial
nominations In both branches of the legis
lature to t>* made Jail. 22, balloting to be
gin tho next day.
West Virginia The democratic caucus
at Charleston to-night nominated J. N.
Camden as the candidate for United
States senator. The two bodies will meet
and vote on Joint ballot on the 22*1 instant.
As the republicans have the majority, the
honors to Mr. Camden will be empty.
Nebraska- The legislature met jointly
to-day and listened to the announcement
of the election of John M. Thurston as
United States senator.
Idaho The legislature met In Joint ses
sion to-day. Sweet received 21 votes;
Shoup, 16; Claggett, 16; Hepburn, 16;
Brown, 1. Senator Shoup will get an In
creased vote to-morrow, as will Brown.
Several of Sweet's supporters are going
to Brown.
Kansas After a 3-hours* session and
eight ballots in (he republican senatorial
caucus at Topeko to-night without a
nomination, an adjournment was taken till
tomorrow night. On the first ballot the
vote stood: Burton, 37; Hood, 19; Ady,
13; Thatcher, 17; Iceland, 15; Ingalls, 1;
Horton, 1; and Baker, 1.
Burton gained steadily until the eighth
ballot, having forty-seven votes, seven
short of a nomination.
Maj. Calvin Hood Increased hIH vote
from nineteen to thirty, and is regarded
as the candidate upon whom the anti-Bur
ton men will combine. The adjournment
Is thought to b* fatal to Burton, ami Ids
defeat by Maj. lluod Is predicted by the
anti-Burton forces to-night.
TENNESSEE'S CONTEST.
The Alleged Frauds in Davidson County
to Bo Investigated.
Nashville, Term., Jan. 16.—The demo
crats of the Senate held a caucfis to-day
In the gubernatorial contest bills for the
purpose of arriving at a conclusion as
to which one of those Introduced will
best serve the end aimed nt.
Mr. Maker, rep.. Introduced a resolu
tion in the House providing for an Inves
tigation of the report that at the last
election in Davidson county the clerk
and master, George Whitworth, who some
tune ago shot and killed Chancellor An
drew’ Allison and then mortally wounded
himself, purchased $2,000 worth of blank
poll tax receipts, which were used in the
fraudulent election of the present demo
cratic delegation from that county. The
r -solution was adopted w ithout a dissent
ing vote cm the part of the democrats.
BROOKLYN’S TROLLEY STRIKE.
A Settlement of the Trouble Among To
day’s Possibilities.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 16.—The third day
of the battle between the trolley compa
nies and their employes resulted In a.
slight advantage for the companies. Three
lines out of the 48 tied up were operated
under pollen protection, but the ranks of
the strikers are still intact. Late In the
day the striking motormcn and conductor*
laid certain propositions before the slate
board of arbitration which may result In
a settlement of the strike by compromise
to-morrow, itending such an outcome
there was a truce in hostfltlcs and rioting
was not resorted to to-day. No trolley
cars are running to-night.
A NEW FEDERAL COURT.
A Bill to Create an Eastern Division of
tho Northern District.
Washington, Jan. 16.—Senator Walsh
to-day Introduced a bill providing for the
creation of an eastern division of the
Northern district of Georgia, to be com
posed of the counties of Banks, Clarke,
Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Habersham,
Hart, Jackson, Morgan, Madison, Ogle
thorpe, Oconee and Walton.
Mr. Wheeler of Alabama Introduced lri
the House to-day two bills. One pro-
Ividcs for an additional United States dfs-
Itrlet Judge for Alabama and the other
[grants lo the state the Mount Vernon
[barracks for public ustß.
A HARD BLOW AT MOBILE.
jlhe Western Annex of the Grand Hotel
Wrecked.
I Mobile, Ala., Jan. 16.—A severe rain storm
lalru k this city last night which seemed
It > t nter near Point Clear and Battles, on
|tlc (fi-tern shore of tho bay, where It de
veloped Into something of a cyclone. There
hail fell as large as guinea hens eggs ami
a water spout formed In the bay and came
in shore, wrecking the western annex of
the (Iran 1 hotel. Fifty feet of the wharf
at Battles was blown away.
Lost Part of Her Cargo.
London, Jan. 16—The British steamer
City of Belfast, Capt. Sinclair, at Liver
pool, from Savannah, lost a part of her
,j f ., k load on the passage.
The German bark Hampton Court, Capt.
Borgwardt, from Darien for Pouthimp
on, which put into Fayal. Oct. 6, Jeak- I
ng. with her cargo shifted, has been
| ;ondemned. |
i DAILY, un A YEAR, ft
i 6 CENTS A COPY l
I WEEKLY, J TiMK.S A-WEEK, il A YEAR.
BUTE'S AW EEL SLAUGHTER
Sickening Sights Revealed by the
Lilting ol the Smoke.
The Ground for a Block Around the
Scene of the Explosion Strewn With
tho Quiveriux Flesh of Men and
Horsea A Hole Seventy-five Feet
Deep Excavated in the Ground by the
Force of the Explosion Many Per*
eon* Livlnir in Distant Parte of th
City Made Deaf and Dumb by the
Force of the Shock—Human Heads,
Ley* and Arms Scattered for Blocks
in Every Direction.
Untie, Mont.. Jan. 16.—When the rmokfi
caused by ihe successive explosions o 8
ulnnt powder at tho hardware warehouse
last night had cleared away the sight
which presented‘itself to tho survivor*
was sickening In the extreme. Tho ground
for a block around tho scene of the accU
dent was strewn with tho quivering fiesl,
of dismembered then and horses pinned
down t.y fragments of lire engines snd
burning frauds from the demolished
warehouse. Tho warehouse was literally
blown to pieces, and a hole 75 feet deep
wits excavated In tho ground by the fore*
of tho explosion. It la feared that soma
bodies were thrown Into this chasm byf
tho fort o of tho explosion and that thejj
huve been cremated.
Owing to tho nature of tho fire and
Its dangerous looitllty, tho entire fire fore®
was called out to prevent the spread of
tho names to adjoining buildings. Threw
policemen had been detailed to keep th®
crowd hack, and they were also killed.
.Many of tho spectators were Instantly
kill,nl and several wero hurled bark some
dlstanco from tlio scene of the lire amt
rendered unconscious by the force of th®
shock.
Numerous persona living In distant part*
of tin* oily have Umt tho power of hearing
unci speech from tho force of the shook.
Tho list of the dead will probably reacM
seventy-five, and the damage done to
property bo more than 11,000,000. In all
three carloads of powder exploded.
A small boy, whose name Is not known,
about 10 years of age, was found dead
In tin street a block and a halt from tha
scene of tho explosion.
' me woman was killed In a house half
a block away by an anvil thrown through
tho roof. #
I i uiii.tit heads. and armn wore* scat*
'sred for sovcntl blocks from the scene of
tha three, explosions.
It Is believed a complete list of the dead
Cannot be secured lor sevcrul days.
The Itrst explosion was caused by nltro
glycerine stored In the private warehouse
of ihe Kenyon Connell Commercial Com
pany, which was burned. The second
came from a carload of imwder on tho
railroad track ami tho third from tho
warehouse of the llulto Hardware Com
pany, which adjoined that of the Kenyon
Connell Company.
At in o'c lock this morning the known
liundidr of dead was forty-seven. This list
"HI undoubtedly be Increased when the
debris of the explosion Is removed, as It Is
almost certain that bodies He hidden In
tin* ruins of the demolished warehouse,
'if the dead thus far reported, twenty-six
have be**n identified cither wholly or par
tially. In Some cases the Identification
has been by articles of clothing or Jew
elry, the bodies being defaced and black
cmil so as to render personal Identification
Impossible. It is not impossible that In
some cases mistakes have been made, but
In general then; Is little doubt as to tha
Identity of the bodies. Some of them, or
perllons of the bodies, will never be Iden
tified, owing to the frightful mangling thejt
have undergone.
The dead are now distributed among tha
various undertakers, but somo time to
morrow all will be collected In one place,
so that Identification may be facilitated.
No arrangements have been made for tha
funeral, hut It will be a public affair, and
union services will bo held by the clergy
men of all denominations.
The families of the firemen and police
men who died 111 tho performance of their
duty, will bo taken care of by the city.
Public subscriptions will be started for
tho relief of others.
There is the greatest popular indlgna*
tlon over the storage of nltro-glycerlne,
giant powder und raek-a-roek in the heart
or the city, which is responsible for last
night's horror. An investigation will bo
instituted to discover who is responsible,
and if it is found lhat any public officials
are to blame for the violation of the city
ordinance they will find this climate too
warm for them. On tho other hand. If
the mercantile firms who owned tho ex
plosives are found to have violated tha
law deliberately, they will suffer finan
cially and otherwise. The people arc thor
oughly aroused, and will make someone
answer for It. From all that can b
learned, the total amount of explosives
that went up in the three explosions was
nearly thirty tons. There were twenty
tons of giant powder alone, that went up
in one blast.
A NEW ISSUE OF BONDS.
The Western and Atlantic to Be Mort
gaged for $600,000.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 16.—A mortgage for
$650,000 has been filed here by tho Nash
ville. Chattanooga and St. Louis road
to cover an Issue of income bonds on tha
Western and Atlantic railroad. The
bonds bear Interest at 5 cent and will
not all be retired until 1920. The bonds
are floated to take up some promtsory
notes and for the purpose of paying the
expense of removing the shops from At
lanta to Chattanooga, and for better
ments. *
COTTON DEALERS IN A CORNER.
Chaffee dc Cos. Ask the Appointment of
a Receiver.
New Orleans, Jan. I*.—A well known
cotton firm, W. H. Chaffee & Cos., made
application to-day before Judgf Parlange
of the United States court for the appoint
ment of a receiver. The assets of the
firm are about $400,000, principally on the
plantations, which could not be sold ex
cept at great sacrifice. The liabilities aro
stated at $200,0W). The creditors are most
ly local banks. It is expected that the af
fairs of the Arm will soon be In an easy
condition.