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jniHROR AT AN ORPHANS 1 HOME
.vrt'F.V CHILDREN BURNED TO
S1 d eath AND NINE INJURED.
■ of the Latter Expected to Die.
Thre ‘ , jr ,. Breaks Out at Midnight,
W title the 247 Children and Other
ainntes of the Home Were In Bed.
„or Efforts to Save the Orphans,
Matron Forgets Her Own Chll
and They Perish.
“ llaSi Tex.. Jan. 16.-Fire completely
Irovt 1 the Buckner’s Orphans' Home,
r here early this morning. Sixteen
"!l rell were cremated and nine injured,
C " of them fatally. The dead are:
p. rtle Britton, 10 years old.
Martin and Milton Britton, 10 years old.
Carlos Jones, 0 years.
Willie Richards, 9 years.
Grover Cleveland Garborough, 12 years
old.
Oscar Jackson, 12 years.
Preston Keibles, 10 years.
William Miller, 7 years.
Virgie Nelson, 9 years.
Eugene Black, 9 years.
Richard Marks, 9 years.
Athur W. Edwards, 10 years.
Oscar Coward, 7 years.
Ray King, C years.
Charles O. Axbannon, 3 years.
The injured are:
Dick Richards, 10 years, fatally.
Dannie Gray, 16 years, fatally.
Charles Friend, 10 years, fatally.
Sadie Britton, 18 years.
Bennie Warr, Byears.
Samuel Henderson, 11 years.
Early Doodle, 7 years.
James Scott, 8 years.
Frank Chaffin, 7 years,
til the dead, except one, were burled
ths ev.ning in the cemetery home. Rev.
Mr. Buckner, manager of the home, offi
ciated. The home physicians are in at
tendance on the Injured. All the farmers
in the vicinity turned out and assisted in
making coffins, digging graves and bury
ing the victims. There were 117 boys and
more than 100 girls in the home, but all
are accounted for.
The tire was discovered about midnight.
Mr- Britton, the matron, had been in bed
some time when she was awakened by the
smoke. She jumped to the floor, but found
it so hot she could not stand on it, and she
immediately raised the cry of fire. The
attaches were hastily aroused and sent in
all directions to rouse the children, Such
was Mrs. Britton s anxiety for the safety
of the inmates that she forgot her own
children, and despite her frantic efforts
at rescue, they were burned to death. The
fire is believed to have originated in the
room under that occupied by
Mrs. Britton. Before Mrs. Brit
ton retired for the night she
had the boys clean out and pre
pare a stove situated in the room Just un
der her, for the morning fire. She then
sent one of the large boys to see if the
work had been properly done. He re
ported that everything was all right, but
it is believed some live coals were scat
j tered on the carpet near the stove, which
ignited, and soon spread to the woodwork.
The building is of wood, and the fire com
municated to its various wings with in
credible rapidity.
The children were hastily aroused and
hurried out of the building wrapped in
night clothes and bed quilts. AJI were
badly frightened, and when the shriek3
of those who were being cremated in the
roaring mass of flames reached their ears
they became almost unmanageable, and
were with difficulty prevented from rush
ing into the fire in an effort at rescue. The
building was-soon destroyed, and at day
light the work of searching the ruins was
taken up.
All the children were accounted for by
toon. The home is ten miles from Dallas.
anl it would have been Impossible to get
ud out in time had It been requested. The
matter will be investigated. ■
I BROADWAY BOXING BOUTS.
I Everlinrdt, Miner and Billy Whtat-
I l<*r the Wftnnem.
I ew or *. Jan. 16.*—Jack Everhardt of
I Hew Orleans knocked out Billy Ernst ot
I ' r( '"°klyn in the twelfth round of their
I at the Broadway Athletic Club to-
I 1 The bout was to have gone fifteen
I but Everhardt settled the matter
■ a right on the jaw in the twelfth.
I tti : ’ i ,; he rn or had the best of it from
I , e l,r,: V started fighting in earnest
I 1 r tb round. He punished Ernst
■ ■ I), and the Brooklyn boy’s features
■ “‘'Pleasantly decorated. The battle
I tf,! n,ar lns a bzzle. os Ernst refused
lv ( .'' M fi ,r a decision. When the crowd
■ i f -*is announcement they guyed the
I" ■ lerclfully during the tame
_ of the n rgt three rounds. Then the
lar inont ma de the announcement at
P... J 1 ° f the third round that Referee
Kj lie would give a decision whether
dir.,' kl ‘ and il or n °t- The battle took a
tone an, t the crowd was
tli?!, 1 ",” 11 at traded 2,000 sporting men to
ban I- t-verhardt was handled by
nit-,don and Tommy White, while
" 's looked after by Dan Gallagher
1,' J °e Burke.
Chad ': , ;!; bou,s w ere between
Of v. w irk M Ot T NeW Y ° rk and Jack nall
poi’nu , J - ten rounds, at 126
"hisdY' !n,| 1 ' r r n w Bryant and Billy
12 i m; lg 0t L 0 ' * hls city ’ ten rounds, at
by Min ' i ho , former event was won
,av °r of Whistler 6 ' aUer dec,cled ln
INDIA'S FAMINE.
•"""lUt ci*| m British Charity
j S|, ulil Begin at Home.
L"’" n : Jan ' I ®’~' A lar Ke meeting was
p ur . ' Alanzlon house to-day, for the
the 'iff- " r 1 urtherlng the work of aiding
lo r i "" rs by the famine In India. The
a '‘° r,re K ’ Phllll P a . Presided.
r; hose P rp sont were Lord George
th M , •“eretary of state for India;
, n ?i „ mbrld f* the Duke of Con
htu. ,• r ‘ <J '°rge N. Curzon, under see-
A I*,!' I? rei > affairs.
<•! t '”“t ,on declaring It to be a public
> \r,.‘j' .™ 0 ' <hv work of extending
1 t*ik. of r° r rell * f wa " offered by
Jftitniit n m- °.h whereupon an
by tho " ocla,lat leader,
'o move an amendment depre
. " ' of relW for India.
M* l tnavor ref. V re *? n Kn * la nd. The
| k ‘ ! ' h |,i .Tt 10 ,,! I'** 1 '** to Hyndman.
11*. 1 ” aru. '1,,,,,,.. 1 In hl * attempt to move
Ik" ,:i i,ini,| nt iv and he was P ut out Of
| U “ lj d.c . hwr *. The resolution of
■ or Connaught was adopted.
Jftirfnmg ffj
MACHIAS ORDERED TO BANGKOK.
An Attnck Made on the Consul Gen
eral by Siamese Soldiers.
Washington, Jan. 16.—The gunboat Ma
chias left Canton for Bangkok, Siam, this
morning in obedience to cabled orders
from Secretary Herbert "to protect Amer
ican interests.” The distance is about J,-
000 miles and the Machias should reach
her destination in about a week. The
state department declines to divulge the
character of information which It has re
ceived from Bangkok which causes the
sudden dispatch of the warship to the
scene, but there is no doubt that an at
tack on United States Consul General
Edward B. Kellert by Siamese soldiers is
at the bottom of it.
Press dispatches three weeks ago an
nounced that Mr. Kellert, wno Is an un
paid official, appointed by Minister and
Consul General Barrett two years ago,
had been fired upon and wounded by
Siamese soldiers. It was impossible to
confirm this news at the state depart
ment at the time, but it was explained
there that Mr. Kellert had a right to en
gage in trade, and possibly some personal
affair of his own had led to his arrest by
local authorities. To-day it is learned
that for some time litigation has been in
progress over the estate of an American
named Chok, who held a valuable teak
concession from the Siamese government.
This had been highly remunerative dur
ing Chok's life-time, but when, after his
death, it became desirable to wind up his
estate, the Siamese government stepped
in and took measures to prevent the sale
of a number of elephants he had raised
and employed in getting out timber.
It is also said that Kellert was the ex
ecutor for the estate, or the agent of the
heirs, and his activity in their behalf had
probably led to friction witn the Siamese
authorities, who perhaps overstepped the
usual legal methods in trying to get rid
of him. No American warship has been
to Bangkok for about seven years, and
while Minister Barrett has been well re
ceived there, the Siamese have not had
as much respect for the American flag as
for that of either Great Britain or France.
SKIRMISHES OF THE SOLDIERS.
The Spanish Continne Their Tactics
In Three of the Provinces.
Havana, Jan. 16.—A summary of the
military operations of the last twenty
four hours, according to official reports
just issued to day, 6hows that the troops
are continuing their skirmishing tactics
in the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana,
Matanzas and Santa Clara. The aggre
gate losses of the rebels cannot be as
certained, but they left fifty-two of th.eir
dead on the several fields of battle. The
losses of the troops were two officers and
fifteen privates wounded.
Capt. Gen. Weyler has ordered the be
ginning of grinding in the Pinar del Rio
province, and is organizing forces for the
protection of the men engaged in the
work, to be paid by the owners of the
estates, abolishing the system of pay
ment by the state. The gathering of the
crop for grinding, according to the order,
will begin within eight days. The scope
of the order will later be extended to in
clude the provinces of Havana and Ma
tanzas, and in the near future the order
will be put into effect in the province of
Santa Clara.
JOEL. T. HEADLEY DEAD.
His Life Mainly Devoted to Literary
Pursuits.
Newburg, N. Y., Jan. 16. —Hon. Joel T.
Headley, the historian and ex-secretary of
state of New York, died here this morning.
Joel T. Headley was born Dec. 30, 1813,
at Walton, Delaware county, New York.
He graduated from Union College in 1839,
and afterwards took a course in Auburn
Theological Seminary. After being or
dained he was settled over a church at
Stockbridge, Mass. His health failing, he
went to Europe and wrote "Letters From
Italy.”
On his return he became associate editor
of the New York Tribune, at the solicita
tion of his friend, Horace Greeley. After
a year in this position he resigned and de
voted himself exclusively to authorship.
He was elected to the New York Assem
bly in 1854. and a year later was chosen
secretary of state. He was among the
first to call attention by his writings to
the Adirondack mountains as a health re
sort. He resided here about thirty-five
years, and was for much of this time pres
ident of the trustees of Washington’s
headquarters.
SUSPECTED OK TRAIN WRECKING.
A Man at Eatonton Wanted for the
Cahnba Affair.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 16.—James H. Ball,
agent for the governor of Alabama, applied
at the executive office to-day for requisi
tion papers for Sam. Falatka, who has
been arrested at Eatonton, Putnam coun
ty, charged with being implicated in the
Cahaba river wreck. Mr. Ball left on the
Georgia road train at 2:55 o’clock with the
requisition papers, which were granted by
Secretary Warren. In the absence of the
governor. It is not known who the ar
resting parties are. If Palatka proves to
be the guilty man, the arresting parties
will get a reward of M n ,ooo, one of the larg
est ever offered for criminals In the south.
OREGON’S LEGISLATURE.
The Unusunl Spsetsele of a Sunday
Session to Be Witnessed To-day.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 16.—The House met
this morning at 10 o’clock. The roll was
called, but a quorum was not present. The
law says: “The House shall adjourn from
day to day,” consequently a motion to ad
journ till 2 o’clock to-morrow, Sunday, was
carried and Oregon will witness the un
usual spectacle of a session on Sunday. The
senatorial situation Is still unchanged.
CENTRAL AAUChTcAN REPUBLIC.
Spain's Cabinet Formally Recog
nises the New Federation.
Madrid, Jan. 19.—A cabinet council just
held here has agreed to recognize the
newly formed federation of the Central
American States of Nicaragua, Salvador
and Guatemala, known as the Greater Re
public of Central America.
Santa Clara Not Captured.
Madrid, Jan 16.—An emphatic official de
nial is given to the report that was cabled
here from the United Stateß to the ef
fect that Maximo Gomez, the rebel leader,
had captured Santa Clam, capital of the
Cuban province of that name.
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, JANUAKA 17. 1897.
EUROPE FEARS LIFE'S ENEMY.
JOINT ACTION TO BE TAKEN TO
KEEP OUT INDIA’S PLAGUE.
An International Conference to Be
Held nt Rome—The Plague n Filth
Disease and Could Flourish in
Most European Clinintes—The Re
sponsibility for Spreading the In
fection Fastened Upon Hats, Ants
and Other Insects.
Copyright, 1897, by the Sun Publishing and
Printing Association.
London, Jan. 16.—The eyes of the Eu
ropean world are turned this week to
ward India, each day’s intelligence from
that stricken land making it more appar
ent that the greatest tragedy in modern
history is being enacted there under the
double curse of famine and plague. The
heart of Europe has been touched at
last and the universal sympathy is per
haps more keen, because it is now tinged
with apprehension. It would not be sur
prising if within a month a genuine
plague panic should spread through Chris
tendom. The great powers show
alarm, and the news comes to-day that
Italy has summoned an international con
vention to meet forthwith at Rome to con
sider measures for dealing with the dan
ger. There is little doubt that the re
sponse of other governments will be fav
orable, and all the resources of modern
science will be speedily arrayed against
this hideous foe. Reliable information
about the great extent of the plague in
Bombay and vicinity is lacking, and re
garding the mortality, It is only said in
general terms that more than half of
those attacked succumb. The news ser
vice of the London press Is strangely in
adequate, and it is from private sources
that most of the information comes. The
point which interests most Europeans is
whether the awful disease is likely to
flourish in northern latitudes if infection
should be introduced here, but no evi
dence is forthcoming yet. It is argued by
medical men, however, that if the plague
was dangerous in Hong Kong it will find
an equally prolific field in London and
Paris so far as the climate is concerned.
It is generally admitted that the plague is
a filth disease, but there are certain pecu
liarities connected with its spread. Dr.
Hankin, a well-known bacteriologist, who
is investigating the subject in Bombay,
fastens the responsibility for carrying the
infection upon rats, ants and other in
sects. Rats in houses have the plague;
they die and are eaten by ants, which car
ry the germ3 into the crevices of the
buildings, to water taps and sinks. Thus
the poison is diffused and cannot be eradi
cated, except by fire. This explains tho
efflicacy of the old method of cleansing
by conflagration, and, at the same time,
the futility of isolating the sick 83 in
other infectious diseases. The only thing
to do is to remove the healthy.
It is stated in the Daily Mall's dis
patches, which are the only ones worth
reading in the London papers, that large
business houses in Bombay which are In
fested by rats, have been rendered un
tenable by the ravages of the plague
among those vermin. They die by hun
dreds in the walls and the human occu
pants have been compelled to vacate the
buildings. It is not observed that any
larger animals are subject to the infec
tion.
The French, Austrian and Italian gov
ernments have already taken stringent
precautions against the importation of ihs
plague, but it can hardly be possible to
escape a series of alarms from this cause
during the next few weeks.
The ravages of the famine In the Inter
ior of India are still far more deadly than
the more horrible plague at Bombay. The
victims of the plague are perishing by
hundreds daily, but the victims of hunger
succumb by thousands dally. It would
be easy to harrow the hearts of everyone
possessing human sympathy by accounts
of the typical sights experienced in the
vast famine district, but surely the ap
petite for horror in all Its forms has
been satiated throughout Christendom
during the past few months. It is suffi
cient to say that the guant, starwing mil
lions of India are perishing at a more
rapid rate than any army ever suffered
before the most deadly engines of destruc
tion devised by man. The relief move
ment Is now apparently in full operation.
The publlj, conscience and sympathy in
this country have both been fully aroused.
The response to the appeal Is liberal, but
utterly inadequate. The proportion of
givers to the sufferers is scarcely more
than one in a thousand. It will require
the generosity of the whole world to op
pose a real check to the ravages of hun
ger in India.
Such popular interest as was
aroused early In the week by
the publication of the terms of
the proposed arbitration treaty between
Great Britain and the United States seems
to have entirely disappeared. It is by no
I means regarded in Euroupe as an epoch
making event, which one or two newspa
| pers seemed to class it. The double ca
! lamity in India and the massacre of half
1 a dozen Englishmen in Benin have aroused
far deeper putallc concern. It is in dip
lomatic circles only that the subject is
still alive and Is bearing upon European
politics. The opinion prevails that there
Is small chance of the treaty being ratified
by the Senate, and it would not be sur
prising if Russia, and perhaps other powers
should make overtures to the new admin,
istration which would enable President
McKinley to submit a series of treaties to
the Senate for Joint consideration. If ac
tion Is delayed on the present one.
The diplomatic world takes more inter
est In the appointment of Count Mura
vleff ns Russian foreign minister than in
any other subject. The cza.’s selection
came as a great surprise, but It is every
where interpreted as meaning a steady and
unflinching pursuit of the policy followed
by the late Prince Lobanoff. There is a
difference of opinion thus far whether
Prince Muravleff will be greater than his
office, as Prince Lobanoff was, or merely
an executive officer of the emperor. His
office Is undoubtedly the most important
in Europe at the present moment and hit
character and antecedents are therefore
being carefully studied in ail quarters.. His
appointment Is popular in France, but not
upon the whole in Germany. English
opinion of his is unformed, but 1b suspic.
ions. His youth is a first and obvious of
fense to English conservatism.
It is a pleasure to be able to record the
fact that the Royal Academy election last
night has met the hearty approval of both
the artists and wider social circles. The
result was a surprise to most persons, but
the selection of two Americans and a
third whose talent is thoroughly Identi
fied with America was purely accidental
and served to demonstrate that this most
illustrious institution knows no national
boundaries in its recognition of talent.
There has not b*cn a voice raised In crit
icism of the acc.r>n'4's action In selecting
Mr. Sargent • '■ 'academician, and
Messrs. Shannon and Parsons as asso
ciates.
The international postal conference at
Washington next May is likely to attract
a larger attendance of government dele
gates than any of its predecessors, partly
because it is nearly six years since the
last conference, and partly on account of
some of the European delegates determi
nation to obtain a reduction In the mall
rates for letters. The reformers say that
a thousand million people are Interested
in this question of rates and that the re
form has been too long delayed. The
main argument seems to be that if a par
cel can lie sent to any part of the coun
tries in the postal union for a franc, it is
exorbitant to charge a quarter of a franc
for carrying a small, light letter In
Europe alone. Efforts have been
made to induce the newspapers
and news agencies to combine to obtain
further extensions of the privilege of press
telegraph rates and a reduction of the
present rates, but business rivalries and
jealousies so far have prevented anything
practical being done.
Efforts have been made this week to
create a scare in regard to the queen’s
health, but without much success. En
quiries elicit the Information that the
queen is in good bodily health, save occa
sional slight attacks of rheumatism. Her
appetite and digestion are good, and her
sleep is always natural and sound, but
within the last few months her majesty,
who herself has always been careful, has
been subject to fits of despondency, caus
ed, it seems, by the haunting fear that she
is not to survive this, the crowning year of
her long reign. There is no ground for
alarm, but it is true that the royal phy
sicians are somewhat perturbed on account
of the contrast to the queen’s customary
placid optimism. They hope that her visit
to the Riviera, tho change of air and
scene will soon put her right, as they gen
erally do common mortals.
A private letter received from Constanti
nople th's week says that in the opinion
of life-long residents there Is certain be
fore long to be an attempt of some kind
by ultra-Moslem fanatics upon the Euro
pean embassies, which, of course, will pre
cipitate a crisis. The sultan himself has
reason to entertain the same
fear and by his orders the most
stringent precautions are being taken.
The same writer mentions as the most
significant dt all the portents, the fact that
within the last six months the stock of
dealers In firearms and lethal weapons
ha 9 generally been cleared out by eager
purchasers. The arms are not usually
bought by Armenians or sober-going
Turks. The purchasers have been flanat
ical Mussulmans and Greeks, who evi
dently anticipate a period when arms of
all kinds will be in demand.
Cardinal Richard, archbishop of Paris,
has again laid the hand of discipline upon
his clergy. Last autumn the reproof took
the form of a circular letter, telling the
clergy that a priest on a bicycle was no
fitting spectacle on the streets of Paris.
Now the Catholic clergy are shut out from
the theater. The archbishop forbids any
priest of the diocese of Par s io leave his
house without wearing a eastock. Then
he says that any clerical appearing in a
cassock at the theater, even at a matinee,
shall be liable to suspension. . The circus
is not forbidden. That is the theater of
childhood, and the priest goes there as
the guide of children. Even the opera
and Comedie Franeaise are forbidden. The
Figaro points out that there 19 ohe way
out of the difficulty. Clerical- may wear
a short cassock and cover it with a great
coat, but that would be an unworthy sub
terfuge.
Rome, Jan. 16.—1 t is officially announc
ed that the governments of England,
France, Germany, Austria, Russia and
Turkey have agreed to hold an interna
tional conference, to sit In this city, for
the purpose of considering precautionary
measures against the spread into Europe
of the bubonic plague raging in India.
Paris, Jan. 16.—The government has is
sued a decree forbidding the importation
of linen rags from districts in India in
which the bubonic plague is prevalent.
GIBRALTA OF THE CONFEDERACY.
Grant and Lee Working for a Na
tional Park,
Washington, Jan. 16.—1n the disturbed
condition of affairs in the southern states
which followed the war, a commission
sent out by President Johnson to investi
gate matters (and of which Gen. J. S.
Fullerton of the Chiekamagua park com
mission is now almost the only survivor)
found in every southern hotel they visited
Gen. Robert E. Lee’s portrait displayed
In the post of honor in the office. One
partial exception wa6 Vicksburg, where
the portrait of Lee on the right was flank
ed by that of U. 8. Grant on the left.
Yesterday this incident was recalled by
a remarkable rencontre, which occurred
In the speaker’s room at the capltol.
Coi. Fred D. Grant of New York, son of
the great union general, and Lieut. Gen.
S. D. Lee of Mississippi, one of the con
federate leaders, met for a common pur
pose. Col Grant and Lieut. Gen. Lee
are here, both advocating the perpetua
tion of the battlefield on which Grant
won his greatest laurels as a strategist
and a fighting soldier. Col. Grant repre
sented the army of the Tennessee, and
Gen. Lee represented the Confederate
Veterans’ Association. They are the
leaders of a commission, having for its
object tjie purchase of the country sur
rounding Vicksburg, to be held by the
federal government in perpetuity, so that
future generations may see how the great
federal general manoeuvered to capture
the Gibraltar of the confederacy.
The park commission, represented by
Col. Grant and Lieut. Gen. Lee, appeared
before the committee on rules, consisting
of Speaker Reed and Messrs. Henderson
and Dalsell, to plead that a day might
be set aside for the consideration of their
bill, making an appropriation for the pre
liminary wqrk of surveying and marking
the lines of battle. As the hill carries an
appropriation, Speaker Reed would not
make a positive answer, saying that.the
matter could not be considered alone on
its sentimental side.
KIHHEHMEN SAVED FROM THE ICE.
One Man Who Marled to Skate to
Murgeon Bay Missing.
Menominee, Mich., Jan. 16.—The fisher
men believed to have been in such great
danger yesterday are all safe, having land
ed on Green Island at the first manifesta
tion of danger. The only one in great
danger was Edward Hoffmanf who was
taken off by a boat three hours after his
companions had landed. Gut Lund, reach
ed this shore on a cake of ice.
Theodore Johnson, who started to skate
from hers to Sturgeon bay yesterday
morning, has not been heard from so far
an can be learned, on either shore or on
the islands.
The fishermen place their loss at 800
nets, some of which may bs recovered.
REESE'S ENEMIES ARE ROUTED
THU CIIA It CHS OK ItHIAKKWKM
SOT SUSTAINED.
The Committee Decide to Hear No
Further Testimony In Regard i,>
Certain of the Alleged Instances.
Hardly n Doubt Hut He Will Re
Exonerated ,on Every Charge
Brought Against Him by Senator
Carter.
Atlanta, Ga., Janv 16.—After an execu
tive conference this morning, the legis
lative investigation committee, which had
under consideration the charges against
Judge Seaborn Reese, announced that the
committee had decided to hear no further
evidence on either side with regard to the
charges of drunkenness and improper con
duct at Howersville, in Taliaferro or
Wilkes county, or at the Gholston Inn,
where Judge Reese was accused of hav
ing used profane language in the presence
of ladies. This announcement Chairman
Felder afterward stated meant that the
committee, after going over these counts,
had come to the conclusion that there was
nothing in the charges and would exoner
ate Judge Reese completely with regard
to them.
The closing of the case on these counts
named left only two other counts open,
that of the feast of the Granite City Cue
Club and the charge of intoxication at
the opening of Madison superior court last
September. There Is hardly a doubt that
Judge Reese w.ll be exonerated on these
counts also, and will, therefore, be com
pletely exculpated by the committee on all
of the charges brought by Senator Car
ter.
The only witness of Importance exam
ined this morning was J. R. Brown of bow
ersville, who swore that Col. John P,
Shannon remarked to him once when
Judge Reese was drunk on the platform
of the train: ‘ There goes the man wno
beat me for judge once; look at him
now.”
Senator Carter said, when this was ob
jected to, that his object was to Impeach
Col. Shannon, who yesterday said that
so far as he could recti'l, he had never
had any such conversation with Mr.
Brown.
An affidavit was read from Hon. Tom
Watson, who had been subpoenaed as a
witness for the defense. He was unable
to attend the investigation, but in bis
affidavit declared that he had never seen
Judge Reese at any time or at any place
under the influence of liquor In an Intox
icated condition, and testifying that the
business of his court was admirably con
ducted. Coming from the leading popu
list of the state, this evidence had a
clinching effect upon the minds of the
committee, who will take the position that
there Is nothing In the • onduct of Judge
Rees- to warrant further investigation.
Conductor Charles Manley of the train
upon which Judge Reese was riding on
the platform, when, it is alleged, he was
drunk, testified that he asked him to
come in off the platform, but that he was
not drunk. He acted only In obedience to
the rules of the road, which prohibits
passengers from riding on the platform.
It was brought out that Judge Reese
never accept. _ passes on the railroads,
but pays all his fare over the ten coun
ties of Ills circuit.
Ed Boatwright, J. N. Short and F. M.
Aiken of Washington, Ga., all witnesses
for the prosecution, testified in regard to
the charge that Judge Reese had com
mitted indecencies on the bench at Wash
ington. All testified that the day was
very warm, and the Judge ordered a
bailiff to bring him a fan. He then stood
up, opened his Prince Albert coat and
fanned his chest. The judge did not open
his vest or any other part of his cloth
ing, and though fanning his legs, did so
In a perfectly proper manner, and no la
dies were offended.
Mr. Christie, official stenographer of
the northern circuit, was with Judge
Reese on a trip from Comer to Daniels
ville. The judge took a drink on the way
and afterwards another one in his room
at Danielsville. On the cross examination
the witness said he did not think the Judge
was drunk at the Danielsville court. He
had sever seen Judge Reese Incapacitated
to do his work on account of whisky. He
had performed his duties as well as any
of his predecessors.
The defense did not Introduce any wit
nesses, but at the request of the commit
tee simply designated three to testify to
each different count, and the committee
took the responsibility for culling them.
Mr. Meldrim of Chatham county conduct
ed the examination. Both Senator Carter
and the defense were allowed to cross ex
amine.
Clerk Okelby of Madison superior court
testified that he did not think Judge Reese
was drunk at the opening of that court
last September. His charge was clear
and forcible, if anything totter than usual.
J. F. Bond, an attorney of Danielsville,
and present representative for Madison
county, was present at the opening of
court on this occasion, and he did not
think Judge Reese was under the Influ
ence of liquor. It was a difference In his
manner that was different from usual.
There was nothing at all unseemly In his
conduct. On cross examination Mr. Bond
said he could not swear that the Judge
was entirely sober or drunk, but certainly
not drunk.
J. B. White, a citizen of Danielsville,
testilled that he did not notice anything
on the part of the Judge In charging ;he
grand Jury to Indicate that he was not
sober, the business of the eourt being
transacted as usual. H. F. Vance, a
member of the Madison county grand Jury
did not consider that Judge Reese's charge
to the grand Jury was below the standard,
though he thought he might have had a
drink.
At this point the affidavit of Tom Wat
son was brought up. It was accepted by
the defense, but Senator Carter objected,
and It was ruled out. "I think.” said llm
senator, that Mr. Watson should to put
on the same footing as all the other wit
nesses. He should not be excused from
attending the committee just because it Is
Watson. The defense agreed to excuse
Mr. Watson from attendance, but his af
fidavit was ruled out on Senator Carter's
objection.
The committee excused all but certain
named witnesses, and then took a recess
to 7:30 o'clock, to hear from these, In
concluding the Investigation.
The Judiciary Investigation was not
concluded to-night, as was expected, on
account of the failure of several witnesses
who had been subpoenaed to testify about
the alleged drunkenness of Judge Reese
at Madison superior court, to arrive.
These witnesses were expected on the
train due in Atlanta late this afternoon,
and to hear them the committee held a
night session. They did not come, how
ever, and bailiffs were sent • out after i
them, and they will be examined on Mon
day morning. By agreement between Sen
ator carter and the attorneys for Judge
Reese, these witnesses will be examined
by the committee without the presence
of the counsel. Ono of these witnesses Is
Mrs. Welch, the lady who, It Is said, was
present in the dining room at Daniels
ville when Judge Reese cursed about Tom
Watson.
Taken as a whole, to-day’s development
go to confirm the prediction made last
night that the evidence will not warrant
the Impeachment of either Judges Reese
or Sweat.
On Monday the committee will com
mence the preparation of its report, and
finish it up as quickly as possible, in or
der that the whole matter may be gotten
off their hands, ready to be received by
the legislature when It meets next month.
The Investigation has been completed In
much less time than was expected nt
first, the opinion then being that it would
barely be completed before the meeting of
the legislature. This rapid work by the
committee, which has been accomplish;.l
without prejudice to either side, either
keeping back the full truth, or hindering
the defense, will save the state a consider
able sum. The whole proceeding. Chair
man Felder estimates, will not have cost
over $2,000 or $3,000, while at the begin,
nlng the prospect was that $20,000 would
hardly more than foot the bills.
UNCLE SAM'S CURRENCY PROBLEM.
Three Rankers Appear Before the
House Committee.
Washington, Jan. 16.—The House com
mittee on banking and currency gave
hearings to-day to R. A. Lancaster, a
banker and broker of Richmond, Va.; G.
Bradford of Boston and R. B. Ferris, vice
president of the Bank of New York, all
of whom had suggestions to make con
cerning the solution of the currency prob
lem.
Mr. Lancaster made a brief statement of
his views, but did not present any defi
nite plan In the form of a bill to change
the existing law.
Mr. Ferris advocated the passage of a
bill which he explained was ehlfly drawn
by himself, and had been Introduced by
Mr. McClellan of New York. Mr. Ferris
said his plan wits not anew system, hut
was amendatory of the present national
banking act. Among other features, the
controller of the currency should be au
thorized to Issue notes to banks up to the
par value of their bonds. To provide for
the redemption of the notes Issued under
this act, the Secretary of the Treasury
should be authorized to create redemption
districts, each bank In such a district to
select a bank in the central city of such re
demption district to act as its redemption
agent and to be required to keep with this
redemption agent a deposit equal to 5 per
cent, of Its outstanding circulation.
Mr. Ferris also argued In favor of per
mitting banks of large capital to establish
branches In their various redemption dis
tricts. for which provision was made In
the bill.
Mr. Bradford prefaced his remarks by
saying that his banking experience be
gan in 1851. and that he had been familiar
in actual practice with the Suffolk system
and the old state bank system. For thirty
jears lie had devoted himself to the study
of various problems concerning the na
tional finances. He asked how the peo
ple of the United States could be blamed
for going astray, on the financial question
when the Unltefi States Senate set the
example in Insisting upon the free coin
age of silver and government bonds were
sold under conditions recently existing.
It would not do, he said, to retire the
greenbacks without providing something
to take their place, else a panic might
come, and the people would demand that
the retirement be stopped, as had been
done before.
Mr. Bradford criticised the Indianapolis
convention for taking no effective steps
toward the solution of the currency ques
tion. He wanted the Secretary of the
Treasury to come before congress and tell
what he wanted In the line of currency
legislation. He thought this was the only
way to make any progress.
GERMANY AND THE TREATY.
Centrist nnd Frelssinnlge Papers
l’rnise Its Principles,
Berlin, Jan. 16.—Outside of military and
government, circles, and press exponents
of their views, the general arbitration
treaty Just signed by Great Britain and
the United States Is hailed with delight.
The centrist and Frelssinnlge newspapers
concur in acclaiming the treaty as offer
ing the very best solution of the question
how to escape from the system of mllitary
iam which Is now draining the life blood
of Europe and advocate similar action on
the part of the continental powers. The
leading centrist organ, the Germania, pre
dicts that the concuislon of the Anglo-
American treaty will Influence the party
of the centre, which Is now the strongest
party In the Reichstag, in dealing with the
demands of the Imperial government for
a large Increase In the army estimates for
the purpose of augmenting the artillery
and other branches of th'e military service.
Pursuing the subject, the paper asks why
this momentous event—the signing of the
treaty—cementing peace between 110,000,-
000 of people ought not to lead to similar
understandings between other countries.
The Frankfurter Zeltung Is also en
thusiastic over the treaty, which. It says,
will encourage the friends of peace In
Germany to exert their energies toward a
general reduction of the armaments of
Europe and settle all future disputes by
means of arbitration, instead of a resort
to arms.
The North German Gazette, the organ
of the government, on the other hand,
upholds the principle of militarism, and
scoffs at the Idea of universal peace,
which It characterizes as a mere delusion
of the democracy. "War,” tho Zeitung
declares, “has been a great factor In the
advance of civilization. The policy of
peace at any price Is degrading. There
is a good deal of sham behind the Ameri
can and English expressions of mutual
sentiment. Both nations have common
concern In Anglicizing the world and
otner nations nave small lauuccment to
follow their example.”
IIANNA A CANDIDATE.
He Announces His Intention to Hun
for Senator.
Cleveland, 0.. Jan. 16.—The Press this
evening says: “M. A. Hanna Is an avow
ed candidate for the United States sena
torshlp. He announced his Intention this
morning, for the first time, after a long
conference with ex-Congroasman H. L.
Morey of Hamilton, 0., who came to
Cleveland In the capacity of Foraker's rep
resentative.”
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GIVES FITS TO JUDGE GOBER.
SENATOR CARTER HOBS CP WITH
FORMAL CHARGES.
The Doubling of a Prisoner’s Sent
ence Out of Court After He Hail
Been Formally Sentenced tlio
Populist Senator's Attack—He Con
tends That tlie Aet Was an Unpar
donable Violation of tile Constitu
tional Rights of tlie Prisoner,
Atlanta, Ga.. Jan. 16.—Formal charges
against Judge George F. Gober of the
Blue Ridge circuit were tiled with the leg
islative investigating committee by Sena
tor Y’ancey Carter to-day. The charges
are as follows:
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 6, 1897.—T0 Hon. T. B.
Felder, Chairman, and Committee: Gen
tlemen—l beg to submit the following la
the case of Judge George F. Gober, to
whom I referred In my official report to
the Senate, where I mention the Mixon
case. This report was transmitted to tho
House of Representatives, which you hava
the honor to represent. The papers In
this case are on file In the executive of
fice, and sufficient, In my opinion, to mako
out the following case:
The ludge and the solicitor admit that
the prisoner was brought Into court and
formally sentenced, that he had been un
der a pronounced sentence to Jail for six
months, with an alternative fln.C Imposed.
That afterward, In a private conversa
tion between the Judge nnd the solicitor,
and In the absence of the prisoner, sen
tence was knowingly and wilfully entered,
of record for a term of twelve months. It
appears, therefore, that the Judge violated
the law and the most sacred rights of an
unprotected prisoner In the following par
ticulars:
First—He Imposed a year's imprison
ment on the prisoner in the absence of tha
prisoner.
Second—He Imposed the penalty of a
year's imprisonment on the prisoner not
In open court.
Third—He violated the constitutional
rights of the prisoner not to be placed In
jeopardy twice for the same offense.
Fourth—He violated the constitutional
right of the prisoner not to be deprived
of his liberty without due process of law.
It Is no excuse for tho Judge that the
solicitor requested him to do It, nor Is It
any excuse for the solicitor that the Judge
sanctioned his proposition that "Ignorance
of the law Is no excuse.” Besides the
principles Involved are too elementary tot
these gentlemen to plead Ignorance. After
the Judge and the solicitor have pleaded
to the facts charged, what Is there left
for the court Investigation to develop? All
that could be added to the charges al
ready pleaded to would be a disclaimer
from the solicitor that his motives, where
bad or that In having the prisoner’s term
doubled, he was actuated by any thought
that doubling the sentence would make
the prisoner more likely to pay the alter
native fine, to be divided between him and
the other officers of the court. The rule
applied by the Judge and the solicitor to
persons coming before them for violations
of the law 1s that the motive is not so
much to be arrived at by what the ac
cused may say of it, as by the maxim that
a man not non-compos mentis must be
presumed tq have intended the natural
consequences of his acts. The case, as
stands, Is ripe for judgment, and shows
at least an administration of the law In
reckless disregard of the constitutional
rights of the people, and In violation nf
all precedents made for the protection of
the helpless. Feeling sure that the
papers accessible to your committee and
on file in the executive office will make
out the above case, I do not deem it nec
essary to furnish the names of witnesses
or put the state to that expense. I re
quest the committee to look Into this mat
ter thoroughly. I beg to cite the follow
ing elementary principles of law on this
case: Justice Harlan, In delivering the
opinion of the supreme court of the Unit
ed States in Hopt, Utah, 110 U. 8. 674 (1884)
said: “Such being the relation which a
citizen holds to the public, and the object
of punishment for public wrongs, the leg
islature has deemed It essential to tho
protection of one whose life or liberty
Is Involved In a prosecution for a felony,
that he shall to personally present at tha
trial, that Is, at every stage of the trial
when his substantial rights may be af
fected by the proceedings against him. If
he to deprived of his life or liberty with
out being so present, such deprivation
would be without due process of law re
quired by the constitution.”
•enator Carter also cites a list of other
eminent authorities on tho same, closing
with this paragraph: "The furthest the
supreme court of Georgia appears to have
gone In derogation of these principles was
to hold that where the court had pro
nounced its sentence, but It had not yet
been entered upon the minutes, the court
could, where the defendant requested It,
reconsider Its sentence.”
When the senator presented the charges
and specifications the committee ruled
that it had no Jurisdiction to go outside
of the cases of Judges Reese anil Sweat,
and, therefore, declined to go Into that In
vestigation. Senator Carter also asked
the committee for Its decision with ref
erence to allowing him to prefer charges
against other Judges, according to his
determination indicated on Jan. 4, when
he gave the names of his witnesses ip the
cases tried, and the committee ruled that
they could not take cognizance of any
such charges, as the House had expressly
declined to pass a resolution permitting
tho Investigation of any additional mem
bers of the Judiciary under the resolution
governing this Investigation.
BISHOP KEANE AT ROME.
The Pope Confer* Father Honors on
(he Prelate.
Rome, Jan. IS.—Bishop John J. Keane,
formerly rector of the Catholic University
of America, In Washington, recently ap
pointed by the pope to the office of bishop
assistant at the pontifical throne, has also
been made consultor to the congregation*
of the propaganda and studies. It Is ob
served In the Vatican circled that Bishop
Keane enjoys the special favor oi in*
pope. _
Ml LYNCHING IN TWIGGS.
Two of the Suspect* Held for Trial
and One Set Free.
Macon. Ga., Jan. 16.—A special to the
Telegraph from Jeffersonville, Ga., says:
“In the commitment trial here to-day, be
fore Justice Horn, Willis White and
Charlea Forsyth, Jr., colored, were com.
inttted to jail for the murder of Mrs.
Howland at Adams Dark on Wednesday
night last. Mack Robertson was ac
quitted. Everything is quiet, and no trou
ble is looked fi)f.”