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THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
VOLUME XIX.
3 E 5 . *». SIMPSOIW 9
TOCCOA; GEORGIA
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LEWIS DAVIS.
A.T rOPNEY AT LAW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in the counties of Haber¬
sham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Frank In and Banks of the
Western Circuit. Prompt attention will
in' attention. 1
THE OLD MAN S REVENGE.
Arsenic and Coffee for His Two
Sons-in-Law.
A dispatch of Thursday from Mt. Ster-
ling. Kv.. says: A mob came near lynch-
ing the Wigginton Wigginton family, composed of
John and his four sons, for
poisoning W. Ferguson aud G. C. Watts,
his sons-in-law, both of whom died, and
Miss Bo\d, a granddaughter of the Fer-
gusons, who is still in a critical condi-
tiou. The Wiggintons were suspected,
and after arrest the boys, the youngest of
whom is only tea years, confessed. Their
father bought te T cents worth of arsenic
and sent two of his sous to f ergusons
house. One of them stepped into tho
kitchen aud put the arseniefin the^ coffee
pot after supper. Ike next morning tho
old coffee was used with fresh coffee, and
the family was poisoned. The Wiggin-
tons and TTatts had raised tobacco to-
gether last year, and there wns a dispute
between them about the proceeds, ami on
this account the Wiggintons wanted to
exterminat e them.
AH merchants who want to build up
their business should advertise in this
paper, as it will pay them to do so.
COMMISSIONER NESBITT
Issues and Address to The Far¬
mers of Georgia.
Commssoner of Agriculture Nesbitt
has issued the following communication
to Georgia farmers:
Atlanta. Ga., March 13, 1891. To the
Farmers of Ge/rgia : In view of the al¬
most unprecedented agricultural condi¬
tions, resulting from the loug-continuod
and heavy rains, the large cotton crop,
the present and prospective low price of
the staple, . , also , the ., short , . crop and . ad- ,
vaneiug price of grain, I would offer the
following suggestions, which I think will
be of some use in enabling us to meet a
serious emergency demanding our
thoughtful attention:
1. The corn planting season is upon
us, and in the greater portion of the state
it has been impossible to even prepare the
lands. The oat crop, usually so largely
sowu and grown at this season, has not,
except in a few instances, been put in the
ground. It is now too late to put in
anything like the usual area, there! ore
bet me urge upon the farmers in “pitch¬
ing” their crops to put in as large a com
cr >p as possible, supplementing it with
the usual food crops.
2. As the time for preparation is so
short, concentrate by preparing deeply
and thoroughly a smaller area, putting
on this the „ fertilizers intended for a
greater number of acres. Diffuse the
fertilizers through the soil, as far as pos¬
sible, so that the crops may be better able
to withstand the drought, which we may
reasonably look for during the growing
season. Then give rapid and shallow
cultivation.
3. In planting, remember that the
great mistake made by many farmers is
the crowding of both corn and cotton.
Give the plants plenty of room. This
also will prove a great safeguard against
the effects of drought. Of course, the
distance must be regulated by thechar-
acter of the soil, the amount of fertilizers
used, and the variety of the corn and
cotton used, that of compact growth and
short larger limbs requiring less space than the
limbed variety. Remember, too,
that to depend risk. on the floating labor is to
take a great J here are so many
other industries throughout the state
drawing on this supply, that the farmer’s
safest plan is to plant only what he is
sure he can manage well,
T 0 guin ho'J up plant an abundance of food
crop, for 0 itsumptioo: prepare .h.
land deeply and thoroughly; apply
fertil zers abundantly, diffusing it so
that the plants may send out roots in all
directions; give plenty of distance. In
the event of drought this plan will in¬
sure better results than if the plants are
crowded, and the roots, in seeking the
fertilisers, tend all in one direction. The
Alliance and agricultural clubs through¬
out the state will do good by taking hold
of this subject, discussing it thoroughly
and decidiug on prompt action.
R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner.
OCEAN HORRORS.
FOUP Vessels Wrecked and
Many Lives Lost.
.Vo.ia T » m or,.n,^ fr London
fj*: * V f ? rei S u s * ca “ e " as
Start Point, > near Dartmouth, during the
blizzard. The crew and passengers were
drowned. The name of the st< amcr is
not known. The schooner Dunnsdale
wns also lost off start Point The cap¬
tain was saved, but four of the crew
were drowned. The schooner Lizzie F.l-
j ou met her fate. Two of her crew were
drowned. From returns already in, and
-which are not complete, it is known that
shipping eighty lives were lest on account ot
disasters along the coast. Sev
oral vessels are missing. The British ship
Dryael. from Shields for Valparaiso, ha?
{ >e e Q wrecked off Start point All on
board_ twenty-four persons in all—were
drowned, including tome passengers.
Nine New Judges.
-
ft igstated on the highest authority
that the nine circuit judges provided will for
a t the recent session of congress not
be appointed for several months yet, tbe
President being of the opinion that each
of the cew coui ts can be organized at the
time fixed, the third Wednesday in June,
by the a?sociate justicos of the supreme the
court, the regular Circuit judge respective and
judges in each of tbe
circuits, regardless of the fact that file
new circuit judges may not then have
beeu appointed.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, MARCH 21, 1891
SHOT AND HANGED
FEARFUL FATE OF THE HEN-
NESSEY MURDERERS.
The Enraged Citizens Take thfc
Law into Their Own Hands.
In the Hennessey case, on Friday after¬
noon, the jury rendered the following
verdict: Mistrial as to Politz, Monastero,
Scaffedi. Not guilty as to Macheca, Mar¬
ches), Bagnetto, Marcbesi (the boy), In-
cardonn, Matranga. As a sequel to this
New Orleans struck the Mafia a death¬
blow Saturday morning. It rose in its
might almost at midday and wreaked a
terrible vengeance upon the Sicilian as¬
sassins who relentlessly slew David C.
Hennessey, and eleven men are cold and
rigid in death. The work of blood was
accomplished without unnecessary dis¬
order, without rioting, without pillaging
and without inflicting suffering upon any
innocent man. It was not an unruly,
midnight mob—it was simply a sullen,
determined body of citizens, who took
into their own hands what justice had
ignominiously failed, to do. The chief
of police was slain on October loth, and
that very night evidence began to accu¬
mulate, showing that his death had been
deliberately planned by a secret tribunal,
and carried out boldly and successfully
by the tools of the conspirators.
THE JURY WAS TAMPERED WITH.
The trial lasted twenty-five days
and, though the evidence seemed
conclusive, the jury, currently charged
with having been tampered with,
failed to convict. Friday night
a body of. tool-headed men—law¬
yers, doctors, merchants and political
loaders—all persons of influence and so¬
cial standing, quietly met and decided
that some action must be taken and the
people’s justice, swift and sure, visited
upon those whom the jury had neglected
to punish.
THE CALL FOR THE MEETING.
Saturday morning a call for a mass
meeting at the Clay monument, on Canal
street, appeared in papers which edito¬
rially deprecated violence, and was as
follows: “All good citizens are invited
to attend a mass meeting on Saturday,
March 14th, at 10 o’clock a. m. at the
Clay statue to take steps to remedy the
failure of Justice in the Hennessey case.
Come prepared for action.”
Down in a large room on Bienville and
Royal streets, there was an arsenal which
had been provided by a body of citizens.
The call was answered by the populace.
At 10 o’clock there was a crowd of
several thousand anxious people congre¬
gated around the Clay statue. They
hardly knew what was going to happen,
but they seemed ready to go to any
length, and while there were, of course,
many of the lower element in the crowd,
a large proportion were lending peo¬
ple of the town. and There were three ad¬
like, dresses, and short the not pithy and business¬
keyed assemblage, high unwillingly,
was soon to a pitch, demon¬
strative in its denunciation of the assas¬
sins. Each of the speakers said there
had been a great mass meeting montns
before, which had met quietly and dis¬
persed peacefully, The so that the law might
take its course. law had failed.
The time to act had come.
WHO THE LEADERS WERE.
TV. S. Parkcsson, the leader, is a prom¬
inent lawyer, president of the South¬
ern Athletic Club, and the man who led
the vigorous city refoim movement three
years ago. Walter D. Dcnegre, another
of the speakers, is one of the leaders of
the New Orleans bar. John C. Wickliffe
is also a prominent attorney, and James
D. Houston one of the foremost men of
the state. After denouncing Detective
O’Malley, who is supposed to have tamp¬
ered with the jury, the speakers announced
that they would lead the way to the
parish prison—Wickliffe, concluding with
these words: “Shall the execrable Mafia
be allowed to flourish in this city? Shaii
the Mafia be allowed to cut down our
citizens on the public streets by the foul
means of assassination? Shall the Mafia
be allowed to bribe jurors, to let mur¬
derers go scot free?”
THE MARCH TO THE JAIL.
By this time the crowd had swelled to
3.000, and, before any one could realize
what had happened, the great throng,
gaining recruits a r every step, was tramp¬
ing down the streots toward the prison,
stopping only once, and that was at the
arsenal, where double-barrelled shotguns,
Winchester rifles and pistols were handed
out to responsible and respectable citizens
in the party. The starting of the crowd
had an electric effect on the city. Soon
the stm ts were alive with people, run¬
ning from all directions and j fining the
main body, which moved sullenly down
Rampart street to the jail, crowd near Congo
square. When the main from
Canal street reached the prison there had
already collected there a dense throng, all
eager to take a hand in whatever might
happen when the vanguard of armed cit¬
izens reached the prison, which i3 many
squares from Canal street. That grim
old building was surrounded on all sides.
TOO MUCH FOR THE POLICE.
Superintendent Gaster had ordered an
extra detail of officers to be sent to the
jail and a sma’l crowd kept the sidewalks
around the old building clear until the
great multitude, swelling all the time
like a mighty, roaring stream, surged
around the door and crowded the little
band of bluecoats away. Meantime the
prisoners were stricken with terror, for
they could hear distinctly the demanding shouts of
the people without, madly
their blood. Some of the braver among
the representative of the Mafia wanted
to die fighting for their lives, and they
pleaded for weapons with which to de¬
fend themselves, and when they could
not find these they sought biding places
hiding tiif. Sicilians.
T b e deputies, thinking to deceive the
crowd bv a ruse, trahsfeired the nineteen
'
raen {o t he f en3a i e depsrtment. and there
miserable Sicilians trembled in terror
until the moment whea the doors would
yield to the ancry throng outside. C'ap-
tain Davis refused the request to open
p 5 r is 0n an fi the crowd began the
w0ll 0 f battering the doors. This did
not pPJVe a difficult task to the deter
m i U ed thron". Soon there was a-crash:
tbe docr citizens gavc and j n an i GS taut
armed were" pouriog through the
sma u opening, while a mighty * shout went
U p from -'0,000 throats ia glad acclaim.
By that time the excitement was intense,
not less so when a patrol wagon drove up
with a detachment of police, who soon
were driven away under a fire of mud and
stoues. When the leaders inside got
possession of the keys the inside gate was
un ocked. The avengers pressed into
the yard of the white prisoners. The
door of the first celi was open, and a
group of trembling prisoners stood imide.
'•Ik v were not the men who were wanted,
and the crowd very qu:etly, though with
remarkable coolness, burst into the yard.
The inmates of the jail were ready to di¬
rect the way to where the Italians were.
“Go to the female department,” some one
yelled, and thither the men with their
Winchesters ran. An entrance was forced
and the leader called for some one who
knew the right mi n, and a volunteer re¬
sponded The and the door was thrown open.
gallery wa3 deserted, but an old
woman, said the speakiug as fast as she could,
men were upstairs.
THE MERCILESS AVENGERS.
A party of seven nr eight quickly as¬
cended the staircase, and as they reached
the landing the asea sins fled* down at
the other end. It was time for action.
The assassins darted toward the Orleans
street side of the gallery and crouched
down beside the cells. Their fares
blanched, and being unarmed, they were
absolutely defenseless. In fear and trem¬
bling they screamed for mercy, but the
avengers were merciless.
THE J3I.OODY WORK.
Bang! bang! bang! rang out the re¬
ports to the murderous weapons, and a
dead’y rain of bullets poured into the
crouching figures.
Geraci, Romero, Mopastero and James
Caruso fell under the fire of half dozen
guns, the leaden bullets entaivng their
bodies and heads and the blood gushing
from the wounds.
The bloody executioners did their work
well, and beneath the continuing fire
Comitz and Trains, tried, two of the men who
had not been but who were charged
jointly with the others accused, fell to¬
gether. Their bodies were literally rid¬
dled with buckshot, and they were stone
dead almost before the lusilade was over.
WLen the group of assassins was discov¬
ered on the gallery, Macheca, Scaffedi
aud old man Marcbesi separated from the
other six aud ran up the stairs. Thither
half a dozen men followed them, and as
the terror-stricken assassins ran into th«
cells they were slain.
DANGLING TO TREES.
Politz, the crazy man, was locked up
in a cell upstairs. The doors were flung
open and one of tbe avengers, taking
aim, shot him through the body. He
was not killed outright, and in order to
satisfy the peop'e on the outside, who
were crazy to know what was going on
within, he wns dragged down stairs and
through the doorway by which the crowd
had entered. Half carried, half dragged,
he was taken to the coiner. A rope was
Ate provided and pulled tied around him his neck, and
people up to the dead, cross¬
bars. Not satisfied that he was a
score of men poured a volley of shot into
his body, and for several hours the
body was left dangling in the air. Bag¬
netto was caught in the first rush upstairs,
and the first volley of bullets pierced his
brain. He was pul’ed out by a number
of stalwart the men through the main en¬
trance to prisoD,and from the limb of a
iree his body was suspended, although
life was already gone. Just as soon as
the bloody work was done, Mr. Perker-
son addressed the crowd and asked them
to disperse. This they consented to do
with a ringing shout, but first they made
a rush for Mr. Perkerson, and lifting
him, bodily supported marched him on their
shoulders, while they up the
street. The avengers came back in a
body to the Clay statue and then de¬
parted.
THE PRESS APPROVE IT.
The press of the city was unanimous
Sunday morning, in approving commercial the action
of the mob. All the ex¬
changes, the cotton exchange, sugar ex¬
change, stock exchange, lumberman, me¬
chanics and dealers’ exchange and the
board of trade all unanimously approved
the action of the mob as proper and nec¬
essary.
THE MEN BURIED.
The funerals of the men were without
show or demonstration. No one claiming
the bodies of Marchesi, Monasterio and
Trahina, they were taken in a cart to the
potter’s field and buried there, not a
friend or relative being present, nor any
religious ceremonies held. No one but
his wife attended Politz’s funeral. At
the funerals of Macheca and Caruso,
which occurred together, they living near
each other, there was a large attendance
of friends, as both of the men were well
connected by marriage. Nearly all the
meu leave large families.
OUTS'DE OPINON3.
The members of the Italian legation in
Washington city are very much incensed
over the summary manner in which the
people of New Orleans avenged the mur¬
der of Chief Hennessv. Indeed the case
is being generally discussed in diplomatic
circles. Baron de Fava, the Italian minis¬
ter, refuses to make a statement just
now, but he is in cable communication
with authorities of his home government,
and without doubt a heavy indemnity
will be demanded, if r<ny or all of the
Italians killed are unnaturalized.
INDIGNATION MEETINGS,
Large representative meetings of Ital¬
ians were held at Chicago, Kansas City,
Pittsburg and other places Sunday, at
which excited fpeeches were made de¬
manding reparation.
THE MINISTER INSTRUCTED.
A cablegram from Rome, Italy, says:
The Italian government has instructed
Baron Fava, the Italian minister at Wash-
ton, to present a vehement prot< st to the
L~nited Stat-s government against the
action of the mob in New Orleans, and
theUnited State governmeDthas promised
to make an investigation.
COMMENTS OF FOREIGN PAPERS. .
AI oedou cablegram says: The News,
commenting on the lynching of the Ital¬
ians in New Orleans, says: “Italy's in¬
dignation is shared by the whole civilized
world. In nearly all snch cases in
America the disiase of corruption is at
the root of the evil. The Americans are
at once the most patient and most impa¬
tient people in the world. When tr.ey
have grown tired of any grievance, swiftness they
move to their reve ige with the
of a hawk. The people of Orleans
could have soon discovered which, of the
jurymen in the Italian trial had finger, d
the murderers’ go d, and it would be
better to keen the iiil intact for them.”
GEORGIA BRIEFS.'
Interesting Paragraphs from all
Over the State.
The fai ure of the Macon Construction
Company startled Macon. She was not
txpectiug the collapse. Her citizens
have l imduds of thousands of dollars in
the enter prise. The great object now is
to save this from wreckage.
The secretary of the treasury has adver¬
tised for bids for the location of the site
lor the public building for Columbus,
Ga., the appropriation for which Mr.
Grimes induced the president to sign in
the dying hours of the last congress by a
clever display of tact. The bids are to*b»
opened April 9th.
Air. G. R. Banks, who lives near
Carnesville, has quite a collection of an¬
tiquities. Among them are a powder and
shot gourd that have seen service in the
i evolutionary war, and a rifle that was a
prize gun of James Jackson, who fought
under Washington and lived in Banks
county at the time of lm death. Be¬
sides these he has other cuiios dating
Lack to the first settlement of Georgia.
The young rr.en e.f Savannah propose
to establish an “Information Bureau” for
eligible young women who are willing to
marry on $100 a month. They say that
very few clerks are making $100 a
mouth, and that those who do reach that
figure cannot afford to marry, unless
they can get girls of economical ideas.
1 lie bureau is designed to reach that
c!a‘S, and it is predicted that it will do
a rushing busiress.
One of the results of the failure of the
Macon Construction company is the
closing up of the Capital Bank of Macon.
This institution had advanced largely on
the stock of the construction company,
and when the news of the collapse of the
construction company got abroad, a run
was made on the Capital Bank. The
bank steadily paid to all depositors for
several hours, and finally tbe directors
held a meeting and made an assingment
to Vice-President W. W. Collins, and
practically closed doors.
Green Howell, a Savannah negro, is
gradually turning white. His hands are
perfectly white, his forehead and his
throat and neck likewise. Howell told a
doctor recently that he had been turning
white gradually for years, and that the
only black portion left was his face. He
said the change of color gave him no
trouble or inconvenience, and he seemed
rather pleased with the idea that he was
Ik coming a white man in his old age.
lie is over sixty years old.
The case of Mr. John W. Hawkins, of
Oglethorpe county, is a pecular one, and
has excited the sympathy of the citizens.
Some time ago his two little children
died, and his mind gave way under his
grief. He became posses*ed with the
idea that they would return to him, and
evinced unmistakable signs of lunacy.
A jury was empaneled to inquire into his
case. He was adjudged a lunatic, and
w ill be sent to the asylum. He is a very
young man, who had a bright future be¬
fore him.
The old saying, “The farmers swear off
from buying guano in the fall, but buy
more in the spring,” seems about to be
verified in Georgia. A few days ago 100,-
0J0 fertilizer tags were sent out from the
agricultural dcpaitment, making the
total amount of tags sent out up to date,
2,750,000, showing that 275,000 tons of
guano have been inspected. Last year
there were 2,881,120 sent out during the
twelve months, showing that 288,112
tons of guano were inspected. Only two
months of the year have passed, but the
amount of tags sent out is almost equal
to that for the twelve months of 1890.
The purposes of the recent Alliance
meeting in Albany were two-fold. 1st.
To perfect a congressional district alli¬
ance organization, composed of all the
county allinnces in the district, and similar
in the details of organization to the state
alliance. 2d. The establishing of an al¬
liance organ for that district. This sec¬
ond matter was disposed of summarily,
by deciding not to have a separate organ
of the alliance for the district. The mat¬
ter of organizing a district alliance was
postponed. President Polk ha9 written
a in letter,calling all the districts such a meeting to be held
on the Gth of April.
The drowning of Mr. Lamar and Miss
Connelly cast a gloom of sadness over
Augusta, where they were very popular,
and the favorites of society. Mr. Lamar
was a nephew of Hon. Joseph B. Cum¬
mings. Miss Connelly was a grand¬
daughter of the late Judge John P. King,
niece and ward of Henrj B. King, and
niece of the Marchioness of Ang'esby.
made Her philanthropic and Christian works
her the worthy successor of her
noted aunt, the late Louise King, who
was worshipped by rich and poor in Au¬
gusta. Miss Connelly was also an heiress
and only nineteen. Mr. Lamar was
about twenty-six years of age.
The people of Rome and Floyd county
are naturally interested in the trial of
George H. Snyder, at San Marcos, Tex.,
for the murder of his wife. Snyder will
play the insanity dodge for all it is worth.
Whf n brought into couit recently he tried
to convince peop'e of his insanhy by his
actions and the rambling manner in
which he answered any questions. "When
asked if he had employed counsel he re¬
plied that he had not, although it was
well known that he had employed one
lawyer in Austin and another in San
Marcos. Ilis relatives are assisting him
financially. He says that his head is
split half in two, aud that he once had a
brain, but has none now.
A plea of illegality by the Georgia
Railroad and Banking company was
filed in the clerk's office in Atlanta a few
days ago. The company objects to pay¬
ing the county tax assessed in accorLa ice
with tbe provisions of a bill passed in
1889. Quite a number of roads have de¬
murred from the payment of the taxes,
a d fi. fas. have been issued by Tax Col¬
lector A. P. Stewart, in accordance with
instructions from Hon. W. A. Wright,
comptroller general of the state of Geor¬
gia. In the plea of illegality, the rail¬
road company, through its the president, claim
Charles H. Pbinizy, sets up
that the charter of the company was
granted by an act of the Georgia legisla¬
ture, December 31, 1833, in section 5 ot
which act it was provided that tbe stock
and branches be subject to not more th_n
one half of 1 per cent per annum of the
net proceeds of the investment.
Press Day at the Georgia ( hautauqua
will be the best of all ike days. The
Albany A *?ics ar.<l Advertiser speaks of it
in the following glowing terms: “It
will prove a memorable occasion, on
which notable meu will honor the Chau¬
tauqua. The Georgia Press Association
will be represented by the brilliant editor
of the The Macon A etes, Mr. John T.
Beifeuillet, than whom there is no m#rc
graceful or pleasing speaker in that body
of brainy moulders of public opinion.
The We«kly Press Association will be
ably represented by Mr. Edward T.
Vruing - . c\ r The Grrtm sj'O-o HneiiLd
journal, wnose natura endowments *f
the highest order have been polished and
strengthened by a culture rarely encount¬
ered. To these associations Georgia is
greatly indebted for its j reseut flock pros¬
perity, and Georgians will to see
these great factors in her development.”
The Fvcainpuieut,
It is claimed now, apropos of the dis-
cusion about the military encampment,
i hat the law passed at the lust session of
the legislature—the law under which the
advisory hoard has been acting—is void
and of no effect because of technical
trrors. If the errors should prove seri¬
ous enough, in the opinion of the attor¬
ney geneial, to invalidate the law, then
what the advisory b< ard has done is also
void and of no effect. Two errors are
alleged to have been made. 1. There is
no title to the resolution, to set forth the
subject matter thereof. 2. The resolu¬
tion, which has the effect of an act, was
read only one time in the house, whereas
the constitution of the state requires three
readings before each branch of the legis-
ature. Until an opinion from the attor¬
ney general is had, no further action in
the matter will bo taken.
The Money Fni<I Hack.
As is well known, Governor Brown
some years ngo, after the death of his son,
Charles McDonald Brown, made a dona¬
tion of $50,000, which his son, if living,
would have inherited, to the State
University at Athens. The fund was
named in honor of the deceased son, who
was himself for a time a student there.
The interest annually, $3,500, which is
paid by the state for fifty year*, is loaned
to young men of promise, who are nnable
to educate themselves, with the pledge of
honor and the legal obligation on their
part that ns soon as they make the money
to spare after their graduation they will
pay back the amount to the university
with 4 per cent interestr This privilege
is confined exclusively to young men of
merit, who are neither able nor are their
parents able to educate them. One or
the beneficiaries of this fund is Professor
Peacock, who lives in Texas. A few
days university ago he the paid amount the of treasurer his indebtedness, of the
with 4 per cent interest, and wrote a
letter of thanks to Governor Brown for
the loan.
A BOISTEROUS WIND-UP.
Exciting Scenes in the Kansas
House of Representatives.
A Topeka dispatch says: The assembly
chamber was a scene of great excitement
Tuesday evening during the final session
of the house. The report of the com¬
mittee to investigate metropolitan police
sjiflem, created for the purpose of en¬
the forcing the prohibition law, stated that
prohibition law had been a failure,
so far as applied to the cities of Kansas,
and recommended that the governor
withdraw the state police from such
cities. The report was amended, making
the withdrawal of the police discretion¬
ary with the governor, and then adopted.
A question arose on the adoption of the
report of the committee investigating the
conduct of the statehouse commissioner*.
Several republicans denounced the com¬
mittee and the Farmers’ Alliance in W>-
tcr terms. Mr. Rice, a republican,
rose to speak, when Spoaker Eld*r
demanded the previous question.
Mr. Rice protected against thi*
action, and termed it a “damnable dis¬
grace. ” Speaker Elder in reply bresm#
exceedingly angry, and said that the Far¬
mers’ A liauce was running the home,
and the republicans must subm’t, whether
right or wrong. Then the excitement
b*gan. The galleries hissed, the Farmers’
Alliance cheered and the republicans
the groaned. lobby Speaker galleries Elder demanded cleared. that The
and be
hissing, shouting and groaning continued
ana the chair, unable to restore order,
said he would give up the chamber to the
voice of the mo!>. The sergeant-at-arms
and lobbies, doorkeepers attempted to clear the
and several lively encounters
took p ace. Several senators, who were
witnesses of the proceedings, were un¬
ceremoniously hustled out of the cham¬
ber. A gineral riot became imminent,
but finally Speaker Elder resumed the
chair and said he was ashamed of his con¬
duct and his motion to close the debate,
and appealed to all present to maintain
order. Quiet was then restored, aud
Speaker Elder’s motion to continue the
investigating committee was adopted,
with an amendment. The house thea
adjourned.
THE FARMERS MAD
Because of the Action of Moore
and Cockrell.
A dispatch of Thursday from Spring-
field, Ill., says: Dissension is rife among
the agricultural organizations of the
state. The election of Gen. Palmer by
votes of Representatives Moore and Cock¬
rell has caused a division among th*
Farmers’ Mutual Beneficial Association
lodges of Illinois, and this breach will be
but widened by an address iseued by
Streeter, the recent seii|£orial candidate,
and Representative Taubcneck, the
single farmer member who remained
true to the independent candidate
on the la«t ballot. The address is di¬
rected to the Fanners’ Mutual Beneficial
Association and other iudapendent and
industrial organizations. The statement
accuses Moore and CockrelJ of bad faith
and unfair treatment of their associates,
and concludes thus: “We believe that
Representatives Moore and Cockrell have
not treated us fairly. WheD, iu the his¬
tory of events, was a smatyrial candidate,
pn the eve of an election and the remain¬
ing votes promised to secure the prize,
thrown overboard without notice and
without cause? We fubmit this state¬
ment to the public and let them draw
their own conclusions.”
NUMBER 11.
NEWS AND NOTES
CONDENSED FROM TELEGRAPH
AND CABLE.
Epitome of Incidents that Hap¬
pen from Day to Day.
The Sherman statue fund amounts to
$38,635.
Findlay, Lippencott’s lamp chimney works at
urday. O., were destroyed by fire Sat-
Loss, $45,000.
Enlistments in the navy have been
stopped for the present, as the number of
meD allowed by law have been secured.
The supreme court of the United States
will hear arguments on tbe New York
electrocution case on the first Monday of
next month.
A congressional redistricting bill has
been introduced in the New Jersey legis¬
lature. It provides for a new district
under the census.
A dispatch of Tuesday says: The trial
of Charles E. Kincaid for the killing of
ex-Congressman has Taulbec, of Kentucky,
been postponed until Monday next.
A fire at Fowlerville, Mich., Monday,
destroyed the post office, express office,
opera house and a large number of busi¬
ness blocks and dwellings. Loss $100,-
000, with very small insurance.
The first application for repayment of
the direct tax has been received at the
treasury Hill, department. It was and from Gov¬
ernor of New York, the amount
of money called for was about $2,225,000.
The California assembly has passed an
anti-Chinese bill. It provides for tbe
issuance of certificates of residence to
Chinese now in the state and excluding
all others. The bill had already passed
the senate.
Rev. J. A. White, who was expelled
from the Washington, D. C., conference,
Colored Methodist church, has entered
suit for $50,000 against that body. The
charges against him were not made public
when he was expelled.
The journeymen plumbers of St. Paul
have been locked out by the master plum¬
bers. This has been done in retaliation
for the boycott began by the journeymen
on a boss plumber who employed a cor¬
nice maker to do plumbing.
A committee of girls employed in the
Clark thread mills at Newark, N. J., held
decided a secret meeting Sunday afternoon and
to call all the girls out. At a
general meeting of the girls, it was de¬
cided to abide by the decision of the
committee.
The jury in the Lupze murder trial, at
Witchita, Kan., on Monday, rendered a
veidict of murder in the second degree.
The crime was a cold-blooded one, and
the verdict meets with general condemn¬
ation and threats are being made of
lynching Lupze.
The signal corps observer at Gray-
Head, Mass., reported Sunday that tho
United States vessels Nina and Galena,
ashore at that point, are now away up on
tbe beach. The Nina will probably be
saved, but the Galena will be a total
wreck. No lives were lost.
The French government, on Sunday, ac¬
ceded to the request of the Chilian revo¬
lutionists, who asked that flic Chilian
warships destined just completed at Toulon, and
for the sirvice of President
Balmaceda, should not be allowed to
depart.
The Guatemalan government is buying
artillery mules in the City of Mexico.
Guatemalan dispatches say there is no
reason for talk of war, though Salvador
is showing distrust of other Central
American governments. President Baril¬
las, of Guatemala, is stimulating sgricul-
ture and commerce as a preventative of
war.
Henry Hall, who killed his wife last
year, at Council Bluff, la., was on Friday
found guilty of murder in the first degree.
The jury recommended that he be sent
to the penitentiary for life. Hall is sev¬
enty years old and very feeble. Ilis hair
and long beard are snow-white. He can¬
not live long. His two young daughters
were compelled to testify against him.
The Variety Iron Works company, of
Cleveland, O., made an assignment Tues¬
day morning. Liabilities about $250,000;
assets $150,000. Tbe deed of assignment
states that the board of directors held a
meeting on Monday and decided that it
was necessary, in view of the embarass-
ments of the corporation that it make a
general assignment of property for the
benefit of its creditors.
A dispatch from Syracuse, N. Y., says:
At 5 o'clock Sunday morning, before the
firemen had left the scene of the disaster
of the previous day, fire broke out in St.
James’ Episcopal church, and, having
destroyed that structure, spread to and
destroyed McLonnnn fl its. It is believed
one woman was burned up. The loss is
about $100,000, making tbe total fire loss
during the twenty-four hours $1,200,000.
A Little l ock, Ark., dispatch additional of Satur¬
day says: Rumors of an short¬
age in the accounts of ex-Treasurer Wood¬
ruff arc again flying fast and furious. It
is said he is short more than $100,000 in
script. Members of the joint committee
who are investigating the office, without
exception, refuse to talk at all up n the
subject, and it is impossible to learn any¬
thing authentic.
The bureau of American repbulics has
information that the overtures made by
the government of Canada to the govern¬
ment of British Guiana, for a reiiprocity
treaty were rejected by the latter on the
ground that an arrangement of preferred, this char¬
acter with the United States is
and the government of Briti-h Guiana
would not enter into any agreenunt
whch wou d prevent reciprocity with the
United States.
CARBON HILL AGAIN
The Scene of The Rioters*
Escapades.
A Birmingham. Ala , dispatch says:
The old trouble of Carbon Hill, Walker
county, has broken out again. M nday
night, incendiaries burned the >t re of
Major J. F. Anderson. The loss is $3,000.
Anderson was warned to leave some time
ago by a gang of toughs because he called
on the governor for the military at the
riot in January. He didn’t leave, and
now his store is burned down. No arrests
h ive been made.