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.- “ J. H. ESTILL. President. \
finale of the fifty-third.
<(I>(;nESS BROUGHT TO A CLOSE
\\ ITU TIIE USUAL SCENES.
\ll the Apprnprlntlon Bills Ilia.
po>rd of and Sent to the Presl
dent—Vice President Stertnaon
ami Speaker Crisp Make the eas
tern ary Fartw ell Speeches—The
Speaker hontlly Cheered—The Gal
leries of noth Houses Crowded
With Spectators.
Wii'hinKton, March 4.—The Fifty-third
r ir.-rress came to an end to-day with
the usual interesting incidents.
In the Senate the closing scene was
marked with the dignity which has char
:• prized that body on former occa
sion* of state. In the presence of as many
spectators as could possibly crowd into
tin* galleries. Hundreds and hundreds of
others were disappointed in their endeav
ors to witness the end, and were obliged to
content themselves with standing in line
outside the entrance to the galleries.
That the House is actually, as well as
constitutionally, the popular branch of the
legislature was amply proved by the
flattering attendance of spectators. Those
who failed to find seats there wandered
over to the Senate only to be again dis
appointed. and the philosophic ones con
tented themselves with attending the ses
sion of the supreme court.
A hearty cheer from the hundred mem-
Lcrs marked the closing scene in the
House as Speaker Crisp, with a sharp
rap of his gavel, declared the Fifty-third
congress at an end. .The strain of the
past few days was ever, and the tired
members celebrated their release from of
li< ial duty with hands and feet and lungs.
It was an interesting scene and the hun
dreds of people in the crowded galleries
enjoyed it to the fullest.
A theatrical management would have
been fiattered at the attendance. As early
as 7 o’clock spectators began to appear,
and it is worthy of remark that the first
comers were women. By 9 o'clock the
galleries were comfortably filled, at 10 the
last seat had been taken and fifteen min
utes later people were thronging the corri
dors outside the galleries' doors in the
hope that they might have the oppor
tunity of seeing the democratic House
pass into history.
The members on the floor made merry
as the clock hands moved on rapidly to
wards the hour of adjournment. The great
majority, who were not coming back to
the sessions of the Fifty-fourth congress,
passed among their fortunate and unfor
tunate colleagues, saying good-byes. I_.it
tle groups gathered here and there and
expressed their relief that the agony was
<u < r in telling stories and explaining
what they intended to do as private citi
zens. It was a noisy, good natured throng.
CLOSE OF THE SENATE.
( ongrutnlatlou* From Cleveland
Citi*e n Lnugil).
'Vihington, March 4.—The last message
which the President sent to congress,
through the Joint committee, which waited
on him to ask if he had any further com
munication to make to it, was a tendering
of congratulations to congress at the con
clusion of its labors. Senator Voorhees,
in delivering that message, did so In a
spirit of humorous gravity, which led,
irresistibly, to an outburst of laughter
an 1 applause in the Senate chamber, and
in the galleries packed with spectators.
In the farewell words of the Vice Pres
ident, testimony was borne to the magni
tude of the questions determined by the
natc during the congress just expiring,
nnl to the ability with which they have
t een discussed. With a fall of the gavel,
• ■■ said, the great debates and the import
ant legislation of the Fifty-third congress
Would pass into the domain of history.
lJuring the brief session beginning at 9
a m. and terminating at noon, there was
lit ti° done except the formalities of re
ceiving messages from the House re
■ - lug tq e signature of the Vice Presl
‘c nt to , nrolled bills and of announcing
so h signatures. The last of the appro
priation bills, the naval and deficiency,
"er<- signed by the Vice President at 9:30
a - m - and at 9:50 a. m. respectively, and
re then transmitted to the President,
la* winding up scenes were enlivened
” v a lis ussion between Senators Morgan
an! Cray upon the Bering sea seal flsh
ni’ s questions, and by a highly amusing
one between Senator Call and Senators
Borman. Aldrich and Wolcott in reference
to Mr. Call’s resolution for a special com
i”' •• to investigate the doings of the
Honduras Lottery Company. In his In
dignation at the'failure of his proposition
air. Call did not hesitate at declaring that
: religious and moral people of the
ceuntrv would supply the expenses for the
investigation which Mr. Gorman "desired
suppress.” And when Mr. Aldrich In
timated that Mr. Call's purpose was to af
■*’ : Politics in Florida and not to promote
rality, the Florida senator pronounced
-Mr Alii rich's statement as untrue and
-thout any warrant except that senator's
' • :re to promote lotteries in the United
states.”
Ml r Wolcott's opposition was met with
; assertion that that senator never failed
s ; • ak in the interest of a foreign cor-
Kration. Mr. Call was in the full tide of
ias ; mate declamation against those sen
a'r - who opposed hts resolution when
: \ j,.,, President rose, delivered his fare-
d speech and declared the Senate ad
■ 1 r !:<■.] without day.
1 u> Senate took a recess at 4:15 o’clock
- morning until 9 o’clock. When busi
■ - was resumed at the lattr hour, six
• ors were present. Two on the dem
" side and four on the republican—
'here was apparently no business to
w* attended to.
Another recess for a quarter of an
1 :r was ordered: and matters drifted
, ‘, in tbat way uhtil 9:30 o'clock, when
owle. chief clerk of the House, ap
v 1 and announced that the speaker
‘' :gned the naval bill, the last but one
" appropriations bills, and he dellv
' It to the Senate for the signature of
■ me President. In another moment the
President announced that ho had
,- '1 it and It was returned to the
lhp ’ and was by the House enrolling
'•umlttee carried to the White House for
'‘-nature of the President.
A- "r some ten minutes more, passed in
1 occurr d to Mr. Call of Florida
' n,s wa9 an apportune time for him
v ,.-. action on his resolution for an in-
Lr,'’* as ,0 the doings of the Louls
,r Honduras lottery companies, and
She JHofnine ffotog.
he moved to take It up; but was reminded
by Air. ilanderson, rep., of Nebraska of
the unanimous consent of the Senate, ac
cording to which no business was to be
transacted except the signing of bills and
action on conference reports, until 11
o'clock.
“And at 11 o'clock, what then?” Air.
Call querrled.
“At 11 o'clock,"' said Air. de*m.,
of Tennessee, in his usually dignified style.
It is supposed that the senators will be
here and that the Senate will do as It
pleases.
At 9:50 o’clock the last of the appropria
tion bills, the deficiency, was received
with the speaker's signature to It; and it
immedately received the signature of the
Vice President and was returned to the
House.
In the course of the next hour several
other enrolled bills were presented for and
received the signature of the Vice Presi
dent, and this was the only sort of busi
ness transacted.
The Vice President announced his sig
nature of the anti-lottery bill, and the bill
amending the copyright law so as to limit
the liability of publShers.
At 10:15 o’clock a resolution was offered
by Air. Voorhees for the appointment of a
committee of two senators to join a like
committee to represent the House, to wait
upon the President of the United States
and inform him that the two houses, hav
ing completed the business of the present
session, were ready to adjourn, unless the
President had some other communication
to make to them.
The resolution was agreed to; and Sen
ators Voorhees and Sherman were ap
pointed such committee.
Mr. Gray asked unanimous consent to
take up the House bill, which, he said,
is intended to save from total destruction
the fur seal herd, saying that It could be
passed without delay or trouble.
Air. Alorgan objected and that objection
was conclusive.
The Senate passed a concurrent resolu
tion offered by Air. Ransom for the de
livery of two pieces of condemned cannon
to the First regiment of the North Caro
lina slfcte guard.
The resolution heretofore offered by AH.
Morgan instructing the committee on for
eign relations to Inquire into the claim of
Great Britain arising out of the fur seal
controversy, was reported back with some
modifications from the committee on con
tingent expenses.
Mr. Gray asked the Vice President
whether it required unanimous consent
to have that resolution considered now;
and on being told that one objection would
carry It over for a day, he promptly ob
jected.
Mr. Morgan endeavored to Induce Mr.
Gray to withdraw his objection, but failed,
and Mr. Gray’s retaliation was complete.
A resolution was passed declaring that
the standing and select committees of the
Senate as now constituted, shall be con
tinued until the first monday in December,
1895, or until their successors be appointed,
and that the committee on printing, as
it will be constituted in December, 1896,
be authorised to sit during the recess.
Resolutions of thanks to the Vice Pres
ident and to Mr. Harris, president of the
Senate pro tem, for the ability, dignity,
courtesy and impartiality with which they
had presided over the deliberations of the
Senate during the present session were
offered by Senators Morrill, rep., of Ver
mont, and ilanderson, rep., of Nebraska,
and were unanimously adopted.
Mr. Harrip, in acknowledging the com
pliment, said; "Senators, your indulgency
and kindly aid made the duties of the
president pro tem easy and pleasant. Ac
cept my profound thanks for the resolu
tion which you have Just agreed to.”
Air. White, dem., of California, offered
a resolution instructing the commltteevni
commerce to visit the Pacific coast dur
ing the recess, to examine sites for a deep
sea harbor there, and Mr. Call tried to get
up his Honduras lottery resolution. But
Mr. Gorman remonstrated against both,
and thus brought about the scene above
deecribed.
While Mr. Wolcott was adding his con
tribution to the controversy and when the
fingers of the dial of the clock Indicated
that the life of the Fifty-third congress
was within a few minutes of Its close,
Senators Voorhees and Sherman took up
a position In the main aisle to make their
report as a committee to wait upon the
President. Mr. Voorhees made the re
port In these words: ''The committee ap
pointed to wait upon the President of the
United States and inform him that the
Fifty-third congress is ready to adjourn,
sine die at 12 o'clock, has performed that
duty. The President said to us that he has
no further communication to make. He
tendered his congratulations to congress
at the conclusion of its labors.”
There was something pertaining to the
humorous in Mr. Voorhees’ manner while
pronouncing the last sentence, as well
as In the words themselves, which pro
voked an instant encore and general out
burst of laughter, applause and hand
clapping on the floor and In the galleries,
In the midst of which the two senators re
turned to their respective seats.
In the last moments of the session, Mr.
Blackburn was appointed a member of
the committee on printing instead of Mr.
Ransom, resigned, and Senators Cockrell,
Davis, Daniel, Hawley, Gordon, Quay.
Berry and Sherman were appointed a com
mittee on the dedication of the national
military park at Chickaimauga and Chat
tanooga.
Mr. Call, dem., of Florida Indulged in
some closing remarks upon his Honduras
lottery resolution, which was going to
fail by tha close of congress. When he
came to a pause, the Vice President rose
and addressed his farewell remarks to the
Senate. He said:
"Senators—The hour has arrived fixed
by iaw for the termination of this con
gress. In the magnitude of the questions
determined and the ability with which
they have been discussed, the congress
Just closing has been surpassed by few
that have preceded It. Since its organiza
tion two senators have retired by resigna
tion, two by expiration of the term for
which they were appointed and four have
been removed by the hand of death. This
hour marks the close of the long and
honorable terms of service of senators who
will be borne in grateful remembrance
by their associates wllo remain.
For the courtesy untrormly extended me,
and for the resolution just adopted, my
gratitude cannot be expressed lit words.
I would do violence to my feelings If I
failed to express my thanks to the officers
of this body for the fidelity with which
they have discharged their Important du
ties. and for their assistance and courte
sy to the presiding officer.
Wiith the fall of the gavel the great de
bates and the important legislation of the
Fifty-third congress pass to the domain
of history. It only remains to make the
official announcement that the Senate
stands adjourned without day.
As he uttered these last words tbe Vice
President let the gavel fall and the ses
sion closed. The Vice President remained
In the chamber for several minutes ex
ehanglng words of farewell with the sen
ators, of whom eighteen laid down th. f r
official duties to-day, a much larger num
(Contlnued on Fifth Page.)
SAVANNAH, GA„ TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1895.
ALL THE MONEY BILLS SIGNED.
THE PRESIDENT LOOKS OFT FOR
THE APPROPRIATIONS.
All the Acts Signed Yfßterdnj- Rear
the Fictitious Imlornenirut “Ap
proved March a. ISO.V*—The Presi
dent and the Member* of kiln C’nhl
net a* Hard W nrled C'ongre**
Itself OurloK the C’losinjs Hour* of
the I.alter** Session.
Washington, March 4.—A1l the act* of
congress signed by the President to-day
bear the fictitious endorsement: "Ap
proved March 2, 1895." The continuing
legisjative day of Saturday was also
operative at the white house, and at noon
to-day, when March 4 began, March 2,
and March 3 ended simultaneously.
In the case of the President there was
more trqjh than fiction in the practical
loss of a day from the calendar, for since
last Friday, when the extraordinary del
uge of legislation commenced to pour into
his office, he has never left his desk for
more than few hours at a time. The cab
inet has been almost intermittently In
session and practically as sharp an Inves
tigation of the merits of measures has
been in vogue as under ordinary circum
stances. Ten days are allowed in w'hich
bills may be thoroughly considered before
they fail to become laws.
between 3 and 4 o'clock In the morning
of the last three days, the President has
allowed those about him to snatch a little
rest and four or five hours later they have
returned to continue the work with him.
Whether in the meantime he found oppor
tunity for a little sleep Is more than the
members of the cabinet know.
Five of the big appropriation bills did
not reach the President until this morn
ing after 9 o’clock. They were the Indian,
sundry civil, deficiency, diplomatic and
consular and naval, and the failure of any
one of them, except possibly the defi
ciency, must have resulted seriously to the
national government, or force the assem
bling of the new congress in extra session
before midsummer. Their progress in con
gress had been closely w'atehed by depart
mental experts and after examination by
the cabinet officers, who will be responsi
ble for disbursing the millions they ap
propriated, the President was able to
approve them. At 11:40 o’clock, at the re
quest of Postmaster General Blsaell, the
anti-lottery bill was taken up for examin
ation and promptly signed. This was
quickly followed by the copyright act,
which was the last measure of the Fifty
third congress to go upon the statute
books.
When the hour of noon arrived the
Brunswick (Ga.) harbor improvement bill,
Senator Gordon’s pet measure, was under
consideration, but there was no turning
the clock back in the white house this
year, and though it was a wholly unob
jectionable bill which the President was
ready to sign, at the tenth stroke of the
clock he laid down his pen, and 56 meas
ures, including the Red Cross Insignia
protection measure, which passed con
gress unanimously, Benator Hill’s sub
urban trolley railway bill, and Senator
Gorman’s Baltimore exposition bill died
of inanition. •
The President will leave Washington
for North Carolina on the lighthouse tend
er Violet with Secretary Carlisle and
a few friends in all probability at once.
He has made no announcement of the
hour of his departure, but the Violet has
reached the wharf here and congress, with
the exception of a few office-seeking mem
bers, is out of the way, so there is nothing
to keep the President. No one would be
surprised if he is on his way down the
river to-morrow, as the Violet is coaled
and provisioned, and the ducking season
has almost reached its end.
Among the bills approved by the Presi
dent arc the following: The act
authorising the construction of
bridges over the Tennessee river at
Sheffield, Ala.; authorizing the Secretary
of the Navy to certify to the Secretary
of the Interior for restoration to the pub
lic domain lands in Alabama and Missis
sippi (the Live-Oak government
reservation) not needed for na
val purposes. granting a town
ship of land to the state of Mississippi
for use of the institute and college for
girls; authorizing Second Lieutenant F. B.
Rockenback, Tenth Cavalry, to accept the
position of commandant of cadets in the
Virginia Military Institute; acts for the
relief of the trustees of the Presbyterian
church at Bethel, Tenn.. and of Wash
ington and Lee University.
IIA W Airs SK\TENCES.
The Loudon C'lironiele Snyi They
Cannot He Allowef) Id
London, March 4.—The Dally Chronicle
says: “The sentences which the hand
ful of adventurers now running Hawaii
pßssed upon them who ventured to
stand up for the dethroned queen are so
grotesque that they cannot be allowed
to stand. Their offence ‘Against the law’
lies solely In the fact that they were un
successful. If they had been shot In hot
bloom or tried /by a drum-head court
martial, all that could have been said
would be that (hey knowingly took the
risk. But that this mushroom govern*
ment of Beach combers and others who
usurped power—who are detested by the
natives—should be allowed to send Eng
lishmen to life long torment, cannot be
tolerated. Let them be exiled, but they
rfiust be liberated."
imracnoiit of coal.
Tlic Louisiana Law Declared Con
stitutional.
Washington. March 4.—A claim made by
the Pittsburg and Southern Railway Com
pany that the law enacted by the state
of Louisiana in 1888 providing for the in
spection and guaging of coal arriving at
ports in that state, was unconstitutional,
was overruled by the supreme court of
the United States to-day. Under the
provisions of the law. the coal company
was fined in a state ccfurt because its coal
was not up to the required standard, and
It appealed to the supreme court on the
ground that the law violated the right
of the federal legislature to regulate com
merce between the several states. The
supreme court, however, held that it was'
not contrary to the constitution, but mere
ly permitted [he exercise of pfoper police
powers by the officers appointed under It.
The Judgment of the court below was,
therefore, affirmed.
ENGLAND'S PARLIAMENT.
John Morley In I roil nr -■ tbr Irish
Land Bill.
London. March L— ln the House of Com
mons to-day Sydney Buxton, under colo
nial secretary, stated that the commercial
treaty between France and Canada had
not yet been ratified, owing to a defect in
the act of the Canadian parliament con
firming; the treaty, but he hoped that as
soon as the Canadian parliament should
meet, the treaty would be ratified with
out delay.
John Alorley, chief secretary for Ire
land. Introduced the Irish land hill. In
his remarks introducing the measure. Air.
Morley said he believed that the purchase
of holdings was the ultimate solution of
tlte land question in Ireland, but uni
versal compulsory purchase would take
more than one generation to effect. In
the meantime a modus vlvendl must be
found.
Air. Morley, continuing, said that the
foundation of the bill was the principle
of protecting the tenant in the owner
ship of improvements. Henceforth only
the tenant would receive the benefit of
the improvements he had made upon his
holding, as the landlord would not be al
lowed to charge rent for improvements.
Fair rents would be fixed every ten years,
Instead of every fifteen years, as at
present. Within the next two years all
arrears due, he said, might be recovered,
but after the expiration of that time, the
landlord could not recover more than two
years' rent.
The questions In regard to evicted ten
ants, Air. Morley said, would be met by
re-enacting the thirteenth section of the
act of 1891, giving voluntary reinstate
ment—not compulsory—in cases where
the present occupants are unwilling to ter
minate their tenancies. He concluded by
saying the government had done Its best
to meet the practleal difficulties of one
of the thorniest subjects in the whole
fleld of modern politics. He appealed
to all reasonable men to fairly and care
fully consider the matter, and not light
ly throw away the opportunity of placing
upon the statute books a just anil prac
tical scheme. ,
The land bill passed the first reading
without & division. (Speakers of ail par
ties approved its general principle, evi
dently recognizing It as an able, honest
endeavor to settle a vexed question.
RUSSIA MENACING JAPAN.
Tlie Czar Apt to Interfere If Chinese
Territory Is Seized.
London, March 4.—The Standard will to
morrow print the following dispatch from
its Berlin correspdßßent: "Men here who
know' the situation in Eastern Asia in re
gard to the negotiations between Japan
and China believe mote strongly than ever
that China wishes to gain time to come
to an understanding with Russia. It is
stated that Russia is disposed to consider
large concessions proposed by a special
envoy, with a view cjf obtaining possibly
larger favors later
Alosbow, March 4 —The Moscow Gazette
says: “It Is Impossible to permit the small
est seizure of Chinese sotl by Japan.
Korea must be evacuated and further en
croachments prevented. If Japan has any
thing of that nature in view, it is time for
her to pause and consider, as In such a
oase the neutrality of Russia cannot, be
counted upon despite her love of peace.”
Washington, March 4.—These are the
latest developments of the Chlno-Japan
ese war as officially received here:
American Ministers Denby at Pekin
and Dun at 'Rokio are actively engaged
in arranging the preliminaries for the re
ception of the, Chinese peace envoys in
Japan. Through their good offices Japan
has learned the character of the powers
conferred upon LI Hung Chang and
Prince Kung and has informally conveyed
assurances that they are entirely satis
factory. Count Ito and Viscount Mutsa
will represent Japan at the meeting, which
is expected ito take place about the last
of this month. In diplomatic circles here
the belief is expressed that the negotia
tions will result favorably.
x IfBWFOBJnUSD’S REVENUES.
Premier Wliltenuy Denies Reports
Printed In England,,
London, March 4—Premier Whiteway of
Newfoundland has carted a letter to
Times declaring that for some time past
there have appeared In the English press
“most malicious and sensational mis
representations respecting this colony ami
Its public men, over the signatures of
Reuter and Dalzlel.” Mr. Whittway gives
as an instance, a Reuter dispatch under
the date of Jan. 2f,, which asserts that the
revenue of Newfoundland up to the date
mentioned was 130.(09, being one-sixth of
the revenue for the corresponding period
(twenty-six days) of 1894. Mr. Whiteway
says that the revenue for that period was
$38,257, against $55,289 for the corresponding
period of 1894. He does not ascribe the
decline to the financial crisis, but to the
reduced purchasing power owing to the
limitation of the markets for exports.
This condition, he says, would have been
materially averted had the Imperial gov
ernment ratified the Bond-Blalne con
vention with the United States.
LONDON’S COINTV COUNCIL.
The Proisresslsls nd Moderate*
Now Tied.
London, March 4 —The returns from the
four districts in which the result of the
election for members of the county coun
cil was not known until to-day, show
that ten members have been returned—
four from the city and tw<s each from three
outlying divisions. All of these districts
returned moderates, making the council
vote a tie—s 9 progressists to 59 moderates.
Lord Dunraven, who stood as a moderate,
was elected to replace the member for the
Wandsworth division, which was repre
sented in the retiring council by a pro
gressist. The council also contains nine
teen aldermen from divisions outside the
city, of whom ten will not retire at pres
ent. The new council will elect nine aider
men.
A Power House lliiriicd.
Chicago, March 4—Early this morning
the electric power house of the Chicago
and North Shore Electric railway at Edge
water was destroyed by fire. The huge
dynamo and most of the motor cars were
destroyed. The offices of the company
were also located In the building. The
loss is estimated at $160,909. There was
also great danger for a time of the fire
spreading to residences half a block away
owing to a high wind.
GRIFFO WINS IN A GALLOP.
LEEDS AO MATCH FOR Till*. HAM
TAM FROM AUSTRALIA.
Twelve Hon ml nt i:::t Pound* the
Term* on \\ liich tlie lloxem Fil
tered the Rliik—CirllTo Sever for n
Moment In lloulit a* to the Heitult
of the Mill anil t liewed Guni All
fl*e Way Tliroujch.
Coney Island. N. Y.. March 4.— A typi
cal audience of nearly 3.U00 persons were
assembled to-night at the Seaside Ath
letic Club to witness three lively boxing
bouts.
The opening event was a six-round go
between Marty McCue and Danny Mc-
Bride. It was rush and bang throughout
and blood to flow In the second
round. They were both bleeding and very
tired when the sixth round ended. The
referee decided in favor of Mcßride and
the crowd cheered lustily. Both lads were
very severely marked.
The second bout was announced a few
moments after the first pair left the ring.
It was between Tommy Denny of Aus
tralia and Rollie Smith of California, one
of George Dixon’s late victims. They
were more cautious lighters and did but
little damage to each other in the ten
rounds they stood up together. The ref
eree had no difficulty In deciding the match
a draw.
Grlffo and Leads lost no time In getting
into the ring and getting cheered. Grlffo
had the loser’s corner, but smiled from
ear to ear In acknowledgment of the ap
plause and cheers which greeted him.
Leeds looked tall as he stood before
the Australian when the referee was tell
ing them the by-laws of the game before
them. Leeds had Harry Lawrence, Bob
Anderson, Tom Henry and Charlie Sn*e
in his corner, and Grlffo had as his sec
onds Paddy Gorman, Mike Dunn and Ben
nie- Murphy.
Twelve rounds at 133 pounds was an
nounced by Mr. Burns. Grlffo looked
and felt so confident that he chewed gum
all through the race. He got the decision
according to his expectations.
Leeds drew first blood in the first round
and made the pace a hot one, but Grlffo
had things pretty much his own way af
ter the fifth round. It was Oriffo’s fight
after the seventh round, and in the tenth
Grlffo ordered his supper to be ready at
the end of the twelfth. The referee fairly
awarded the bout to Grlffo.
The deciplon met with the approval of
everybody present, and there were
hearty cheers for Grlffo.
GORE AT THE GRAY GOOSE.
The Proprietor of tlie Saloon Kill*
a I’uglllNflc l)4*i<l Heat.
Birmingham, Ala., March 4.—A special
to the Age Herald from Warrior, Ala.,
says: "At tho Gray Goos* saloon, five
miles from this place, yesterday, John
Franklin, the proprietor, shot and killed
William Howard. Tlie place is in Blount
county, and aa a law of the state pre
vents selling whisky within five miles
of Warrior, Franklin put up a bar at the
point above referred to. Yesterday, among
others, Howard was at the Gray Goose,
and, after taking several drink*, refused
to pay, and after a few words knocked
Franklin down and ran. Franklin grabbed
a pistol and followed, shooting Howard
through the back and stomach, killing
him. Franklin is under arrest. Howard
leaves a wife and five children.”
HO YCOTTI If G TO IIE BOYCOTTED.
North Carolina** I.cgilii t tire Taken
Ip the Subject.
Raleigh, N. C., March 4.—Tn the Senate
and House to-day bills were Introduced
to prevent the boycotting of railroads
in this state. A fine of SI,OOO and forfeit
of the charter of the offending road is
the penalty provided. This is a blow at
the boycott of the Seaboard Air Line by
the Southern Railway and Steamship As
sociation.
In the Senate a bill to appropriate $5,000
for a woman's exhibit at the Atlanta ex
position, and a resolution condemning the
late congress and congratulating the coun
try on its adjournment were tabled. Bills
to levy succession taxes on inheritances
and to create an insurance commission
were defeated.
SALE OF THE U. S. AND F.
It May Occur Tu-(lu) or It May Be
Postponed liy the Court.
Macon, Ga., March 4.—Judge Griggs to
day hoard argument on the application
of Simon Borg A Cos of New York, for a
postponement of the sale of tils Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad, which was
fixed for to-morrow. All the argument
had not been concluded last night and the
court will meet to-morrow morning at
8:39 o’clock, in order that the argument
may be concluded and a decision rendered
before the sale, which Is fixed for 11
o’clock.
CAM VET A FUGITIVE.
He Leuvc* Puri* lo Avoid 111-coining
Wit ties*.
London, March 4.—The Morning Post
has this dispatch from Paris: “It is re
ported that Editor Canlvet has fled to
Constantinople to escape Magistrate
Doppfers summons to testify in a case
slmular to that in which he was ac
quitted.” M. Canlvet, who Is the editor
of Ice Paris, was acquitted on Feb. 21 of
blackmailing in a case in which he was
involved with other Parisian Journalists.
DIXIE’S BASE BALL LEAGUE.
All the Club* Put l p the Forfeit to
Play the Season Out.
Nashville, Tcnn., March 4.—The South
ern Association of Baseball Clubs met
here to-day. President Nlcklln reported
that all the teams had complied with the
requirements of the $1,900 deposit as a
guarantee to play the season out. Trus
tees were named to take care of this
fund. A board of directors to settle fin
ally all disputes was named. A schedule
was adopted fixing April 25 as the day of
opening the season.
BEULAH AMO Mi THE BROKERS.
They t rli tirnte the Adjournment of
Cong r** filth War Whoop*.
New York. March 4.—As the hands of
the big clo< k of the New York Stock Ex
change pointed to the noon hour to-day
there occurred on the floor a scene but
seldom witnessed there. Old and staid
brokers danced like schoolboys and gave
vent to blood-curdling yells. Some clasp
ed hands, their facts wreathed in smiles.
Others blew shrill whistles, with which
the}* had evidently come provided. The
younger brokers threw their hats high
in the air, or, in some cases, other fel
lows’ hats.
“The Fifty-third congress Is dead." was
the cry. It told the story. The brokers
were celebrating u great and Joyous
event, each in his own way. For two min
utes after 12 o’clock the tremendous noise
made by scores and scores of men contin
ued. At first the whistles predominated,
anl then <*une a mighty chorus of groans.
It swelled and rumbled. As it died away
the celebration ended, although It was
fully live minutes before regular business
—which had been suspended during the
dentonstrations—was in swing as before.
Occasionally an exuberant broker, even
while making'his bid or offer, would let
forth an Indian war whoop, or a hoot or
a call.
The demonstration was the noisiest the
stock exchange lias ever indulged in over
an adjournment of congress. It was es
pecially not kbit* for its unanimity, the
brokers apparently laying all the bad busi
ness and financial depression of two
year* at the door of the deail congress.
They had bided their time, and when the
time came they showed publicly what bad
been felt and talked of privately for
months. Tin* visitors’ gallery was crowd
ed during the demonstrations.
The Jubilation over the adjournment of
congress was duplicated on the produce
exchange, though on a somewhat smaller
scale than on the stock exchange. There
was cheering and whistling and groaning
and congratulations.
HIM NftW H K 7 * IIAH I*OR,
Gen. Gordon 111 siippnl uteri at tlic
Failure of tlie Goodjrnr Bill.
Washington, March 4.—Senator Gordon
was greatly disappointed because the
President did not sign his bill to amend
the river and harbor act so that the
outer channel of Brunswick harbor may
bo widened under the direction of Col.
C. P. Goodyear.
Senator Gordon, after long and anxious
watching, finally pushed the bill through
the Senate at an early hour this morn
ing. It has already passed the House,
so that It only needed the signature of the
President to become a law.
It was closely followed by Senator Gor
don’s son and Floyd King, who took an
interest in the mutter, afid in the course
of the morning If was properly enrolled
and transmitted to the President.
Senator Gordon hurried to the white
house and made an attempt to see the
President and urge him to sign It, but
the President declined to receive callers
while he wan considering the appropria
tion bills, so Senator Gordon sent word
to him that it was a bill of great im
portance to the people of Brunswick. The
President, however, concluded that be
would not change the system of allow’-
ing the army engineers to superintend
and carry on the work of improving the
rivers and harbors. Senator Gordon says
the bnttle for Brunswick and Col. Good
year is not yet over, but it will be re
sumed in the next congress. Senator
Walsh grtes home to-morrow.
HEW MIIII'S FOR TUB NAVY.
Eleven New Vessels Provided for In
• lie Appropriation mil.
Washington, March 4.—The naval appro
priation bill, which was early this morning
disposed of by the House agreeing to all
the amendments Imposed by the Senate,
authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to
ent>r Into contracts for the construction
of two sea going coast line battleships
of about 10,090 tons displacement, to cost
exclusive of armament, not exceeding
$4,000,000 each—one of them to be built on
the Pacific coast. It also authorizes the
construction of six light-draft composite
gunboats, or about 1,000 tons displacement,
and fixes the Unit of $230,000 for each—not
more than two to be built at one yard;
and three torpedo boats to cost not to
exceed $175,000 each, one to be built on the
Pacific coast, one on the Mississippi river
and one on the Gulf of Mexico. A provis
ion directs the President, If he finds that
these ships cannot be built at a fair price
at the places mentioned, he may author
ize .heir construction elsewhere In the
United States. The bill carries an appro
priation of about $2,000,000 less than when
it passed the House.
CUBAN REBELS SURRENDER.
The Entire Hand In Matanun* Give
I p the Fight.
Havana, March 4.—The entire band of
insurgents in Jagua Grande, with Mar
rero, their leader, have surrendered to the
authorities. The governor of Matanzas
has telegraphed to the governor general
an expression of his satisfaction that the
seditious movement In the province of
Matanzas is ended.
The governor of the province of Santi
ago has telegraphed to the governor gen
eral that the rioters at Ualre are disposed
to surrender and a favorable result of
pending parleyingg with them is expected.
Marquis Du Quesne, vice president of
the reform party, Is dead.
SAVED FROM A SLOOP.
.A Cutler Rescue* Two Men After She
Hml Capsized.
Norfolk, Vav, March 4.—The United
States revenue cutter Hamilton, while
steaming to Norfolk, in a heavy south
west gale this afternoon, sighted the
sloop M. I). White, Capt. White of Nor
folk, floating bottom up In Hampton
Roads, having Just capsized. A cut
ter was lowered away from the Hamilton
and Capt. White and his nephew, who
were the only persons on the sloop, were
saved. The cutter from the Hamilton
with Lieut. Edmonds and five sailors, ,
besides the rescued men, came near
foundering. The White was towed .o
Norfolk. I
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A FLIRTATION ENDS IN A ROW.
THE MAX l> TilK CASK CALLS IT
THE POLICE.
He Think* liie Pretty Typewriter la
n tiny Al* enl lire**—C ompletely
Mit*liel, He Sends Her Tickets and
Money to Carry Her From Atlanta
to Xvw Orlentt* to Marry Him—Her
Failure to Make the Journey Fol
ios* rd hy Her Arrest for Fraudu*
lent I se of the Mails.
Atlanta, Ga., March 4.—lf her story id
true. Miss Lulu Thomas, a tall,
well-dressed young woman of about twen
ty, who w*as placed umler arrest this morn*
Ing by city detectives, is greatly perse*
cutefl and outraged.
But on the other hand, if the allegation*
of one Louis Simpson, a New York drum*
mer, are based on facta, then the hand*
some young woman with the saucy man
ners Is a shrewd adventuress and the said
Simpson in the condition of the man who
had one leg that was longer than It really
ought to have been.
The young lady indignantly say* she I*
the victim of persecution by a Jilted suitor,
w ho, erased for love of her,has undertaken
to ruin her character because, after at
flirtation, which she thought harmlessn
she refused to marry him.
The story began to unravel itself lasf
Saturday, when Chief of Police Connolly)
received a telegram from the chief of the
New Orleans police asking him to have
Miss Thomas, who was said to be living
in a fashionable Walton street boarding
house, arrested for using the malls for
fraudulent purposes. A couple of de
tectives were sent out to make the arrest,
but less than an hour before their arrival
tiie bird had flown. Mias Thomas had sud
denly determined to move and paying up
her trill, had cleared tho house with her
trunk* only a few minute* before tho
detectives put in their appearance to ar
rest her. This circumstance sharpened the
appetites of the detectives and they fell
sure they were on the trail of rare game.
This morning it was discovered that Mis*
Thomas had gone to the Markham house,
but a second time the detectives arrived
Just. ‘ln time to be told that she had only
Just left with her trunks for other quar
ters. Later on Miss Thomas was found
at 106 Ivy street, at the house of Mrs.
John Robinson, where she was arrested
and escorted to the office of the chief of
police.
Simjrson, tlie drummer, now in New Or
leans, who is the Instigator of the arrest#
based the charges of using the malls for
fraudulent purposes on tlie fact that tho
pretty Miss Thomas was his affianced
wife, that she wrote to him promising to
Join him in New Orleans, and upon this
promise ho sent her railroad tickets and
money, but after receiving them she de
clined to come to him. He now thinks *ho
deliberately played him for a sucker, that
*he is not only it gay deceiver in the mat
ter of hearts, but is also a shrewd and
unscrupulous confidence woman a* well.
When arraigned to-day Postmaster Amos
Fox, merely judging the handsome de
fendant by her pretty face and charming
manners, volunteered to sign her bond
for any amount and the case now rests
in that condition, with good chances to bo
finally dismissed.
Mrs. Robinson, at whose house Mist*
Thomas is now quartered, vouches for the
good character of the young lady, for
who she says has lived in her bouse for
the past three yenrs with the exception
of a short interval when she went out on
a visit to her family in Cincinnati. When
she came back Mrs. Robinson did not
have accommodation for her at once, and
she went to the Walton street boarding
bouse, where she met Simpson, the New
York drummer who has appealed to the
police of New' Orleans and Atlanta for
revenge because she refused to become
his wife.
Miss Thomas Is an expert stenographer
and typewriter, and bos made her living
In Atlanta by her profession. "This man
Simpson is crazy about me, that’s all,"
she said to-day when visited by the
Morning News correspondent.* "He asked
me to marry him twenty four hours after
1 met him. I thought It would be no
hann to flirt a little with him and when
he left for New Orleans he wrote back for
me to come there, that he had secured
the marriage licenses and we’d be mar
ried. I wrote back saying of course, I’d
be delighter!, and then he telegraphed mo
a ticket and some money. J was sick when
It came. The ticket wart good only for that
day, and I wrote that I’d refund tho
money. But I think Mr. Simpson is crazy.
He sent me word by another drummer that
he would make me rue the day I ever saw
him If I did not marry him, but no man
can force me to marry him whether I
want to or not, and when my brother and
father hear of this they will certainly
make it warm for Mr. Simpson."
KrillF.ilM'S OF SMALLPOX.
The Disense Ituging si St. Lonls Mint
Other Western Cities.
St. Louis. Mo., March 4.—Seven new
cases ami three deaths is the smallpox
record here yesterday. The disease doeiL
not seem to abate and it Is feared that
the present cold wave will give it fresh
Impetus. So far but few white people
have been stricken with the malady.
There are now 101 cases of smallpox at
quarantine.
Hot Springs. Ark., March 4.—Dr. W. H.
Barry, president of the board of health,
considers the smallpox situation much im
proved. There have been no cases re
ported since yesterday. His report of the
situation Issued to-day Is as follows:
“For the day ending March 3, 10 p. m., two
patients were sent to the smallpox hos
pital. There were three deaths at the hos
pital yesterday. There are now remaining
in the hospital forty-two patients. No
houses were placarded in the city yester
day. All persons leaving the city will need
health certificates.”
Burlington Junction, Mo., March 4.
Black smallpox is raging In Nodoway
county. The disease was brought from
Hot Springs. Ark., by the corpse of a
citizen of Maryville, who was under treat
ment at the springs. The coffin was
opened at his father’s house and again
at the church funeral, which was largely
attended. Yesterday twenty cases were
reported, the schools were closed and the
city quarantined.
Springfield. Hi., March 4.—The atate
board of health to-day received notice of
a smallpox scare at Mattoon. Mrs. Peter
Mason was at Hot Springs with her hus
band, who was a consumptive. They re
turned to Mattoori a few days ago and
Mr. Mason died. The funeral was held
Saturday and largely attbnded. Mrs. Ma
son is now ill with smallpox.