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VOLUME XX. NATIONAL CAPITAL. What ts Being Done in Congressional Halls for the Country’s Welfare. PROCEEDINGS FROM DAY TO DAY BRIEFLY TOI.D—BJJ.I.8 AND MEASURES UNDER CONB1DERATION—OTHEU NOTES. THE HOUSE. 1 bukbday. —The debate on the free cc day. >inage bill was kept up all day Thurs¬ At times it was heated, for the house lira n< ver labored under such in¬ tense excitement as existed from the m i- medt it met at the morning hour. Mem¬ bers on both sides of the question were working for votes like bees in a hive. Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, made the m st sensational speech of the day. He de¬ nounced the you g (Massachusetts) mug¬ wumps, who have calie 1 themselves dem¬ such ocrats, stating that he would even prefer statesmen as the barefooted Kansan lo Mr. Williams. Many other sensa- tioi al speeches were made during the day, but the genuine fight did not eom- mince until 5 o’clock, when Mr. Bland called the previous question on the pas¬ sage of the bill. At that time nearly every member was upon the floor. There was not a vacant seat in any of the gal- laries. liven the doors were crowded with men and women as eager to get in as they would be to crowd in a circus. When Mr. Bland called the previous question, Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, moved as a substitute to lay the bill and nil its amendments upon the table, This motion, if carried, would have defeated the bid. During the roll call, the leaders on the two sides ran about the lmll like wild men. The free coinage m< n were angered. They beg>>n to realize that the immense lobby present and the heuvy pressure brought to bear by the goldbugs in favor of post¬ poning the question, was having its ef¬ fect. Many free coinage democrats were exhibiting weakness. Many who had »n- nonneed for free coinage had dropped over into the ranks of tho-e who wanted to postpone the issue. When the roll call had concluded, the result was start¬ ling to the free coinage men and a sur¬ prise to the goldbugs. It was 148 to table, against 147 against tabling. This me nt the defeat of the Bland bill, but the speaker had not voted, As soon as he saw it he demanded of the clerk to call his name. It was done. He voted “no. ” As he did so the very ceiling vibrated at the applause given him. Then he announced the vote 148 to 148, n tie vote, which meant that the house refused to table the bill. It was amazing. No one expected it, and nobody cm ac- count for it, except on the ground that the backbones of many Democrats had weakened under the great pressure from the East. Only nine Republi¬ cans had voted with the mass of Democrats against tabling; eightv- one Democrats had voted to table. These included all the New York men except Mr. Rockwell, who represents Senator Hill’s district, and whose seat is contested, all the New England Demo¬ crats, all from Pennsylvania, and a ma¬ jority from Michigan, Wisconsin, Min¬ nesota, Illinois and Maryland. The South was almost unanimous against tabling, but a few Southern men went down under pressure or convictiou. Among them was Colonel Herbert, of the Montgomery, Alabama, dis¬ trict, an ardent Cleveland man; Colonel Elliott and Mr. Bravv- ley, of South Carolina; Mr. Logan, of Louisiana; Mr. Wilson, of West Virgin¬ ia, and Mr. Raynor, of Maryland. 'I hen there was Geary, of California, Castle, of Minnesota, and several score of others who would vote for free coinage on the direct i c sue, but who arc trying to shelve it. Then the anti-free coinage men com¬ menced fillibustering. They moved to adjourn, by but wire turned down on that a vote of 120 to 146. Mr. Johnson, of Ohio, came forward as an anti-free coin¬ age bill leader, and move to reconsider the vote by which the vote to table the hill had been lost. Mr. Bland thereupon moved to table that motion. On this latter motion the vote was again an¬ nounced to tie—148 to 148. Immedi- atcly there was intense excitement. The opposition leaders rushed down the aisle, yelling that the vote had not been reca- pitulated. The speaker replied that no one had called for it. At this the gold men yelled vociferously for a recapitulation, and, when tlie names were called over, two more “no” votes were added, and Mr. Bland’s motion to table the motion to reconsider was lost. This looked serious to the free coinage mi u. It looked like they were defeated. Both sides were wild with excitement. The scones on the floor were of the w ild¬ est confusion. Pages anil runners were sent everywhere for absent members. The roll w s being called again on the original motion to table the bill. The defeat of Bland’s motion had brought up the original motion again During the calling of the names, every man in the house was laboriug under a strain of ex- eit- ment. Such c ose votes were never be¬ fore known <>n the floor of the house. The change of a single vote, the arrival of one new man, would reverse the result. Those w ho seemed to waver were pleaded w ith, threatened and everything possible done to change them. But none changed. When the vote was being recapitulated, the most exciting incident of the day occurred. Mr. Donovan, of Ohio, was recorded as voting no. Mr. Outhwaite, of O >i >, declared that Mr. Donovan had not been in toe house during the roll call. Here half of rii? house yelled to have Mr. Donovan’s name stricken off, i nd the other half protested. Mr. Dono¬ van him elf was not present. Then the confusion and excite¬ ment wire i'tense. Congressmen shook their fists at cue another, turned red in th’ face and yelled themsa.ves hoarse. It Poked like bedlam had broken loose. The n ise of the speaker’.? gavel was drowned in the confusion, and the ser- geant-at arms, with his mace, a great sil¬ ver eagle with outstretched wings perch¬ ed on h marble rod, had to be called, and seut through the aisles to force the raem- be s into tin ir seats. This quieted the house for a few moments. Then Mr. Lock wood, of New York, declared that his name had not been recorded, and voted “aye” to table the bill, but Mr. Lawson, of Virginia, who had not been recorded, offset this by voting THE TOCCOA NEWS AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL. “no." This made the vote 140 to 147, a m»j rily of one against tabling the hi 1. Mr. Johnson, <f Gain, changed his vote to m v- another consideration, leav¬ ing the final vot - 141 to 143. The an¬ nouncement was gr> eted with great and long continued applause. The free coin- Johnson a e men found were that growing hopeful. Mr. he could not more to re'onsider wi'hout other business inter¬ val ing, Mr. Fitch, of New York,therefore began filibustering by moving to a ^journ, and calling the yeas and nays. It takes half an hour on each roll-call, and it was after 9 o’clock at night when the vote vas announced. The house by a large majority, 102 to 80, refu ed to adjourn. The anti-free coinage men at this stage commenced resorting to all manner of dilatory tac'ics- One man would move to take a recess for an hour, ano her would amend it by adding two hours, and a third would move to adjourn. On each motion the yeas and nays were called. At 11 o’clock Mr. Bland nv-ved to take a recess until 11 o’clock Friday. But a recess Friday would have been a continuation of tho legislative day of Thursdty. But the goldbugs were determined to have noth¬ ing le-s than an adjournment, which would defeat the bill for the present, at least. Therefore they began a new order of fiibustering, by moving that when the house adjourned, it be to meet on Saturday, and another gold- bug amended by inserting Monday. The goldbug members endeavored in every way to lead the free coinage men astray, but without success. At 2:30 o’clock in the morning upon Mr. Bland’s motion, the house adjourned. Friday. —After the storm the calm. Not fifty members were pn sent Friday morning when the speaker’s gavel called the house to order. Not more than one hundred specta'ors looked down upon the arena of Thursday’s bottle. But the c dm is only temporary. On both sides there is a smolde'ing fire which requires but a spark tp set it into a blaze. Tho order will be made as soon as Catchings, of the committee on rules, returns to Washington, which will not be later than Monday. After the approval of the journal the house went into a committee of the whole on the private calender. Saturday. —The attendance of the members in the house Saturday morning was small. Mr. Culberson, of Texas, of¬ fered a resolution providing for the pay¬ ment of the expenses of the sub-commit¬ tee of the committee on judiciary investi¬ gation of the charges against certain ju¬ dicial officers of the Uni ed States. Mr. Baxley, of Texas, said that he did not believe that there was a quorum present and demanded a division. The vote re¬ sulted 93 to 1. Baxley raised the point of no quorum and Culberson withdrew the resolution. The house then pro¬ ceeded, under special order, to the con¬ sideration of pension bills, reported fa¬ vorably from the committee of the whole at Friday night’s session. Monday.— Speaker Crisp gave the sil¬ ver situation a severe twist Monday, one which the anti-silver men exultantly claim means the death of free coinage, at least at this session. He informed Mr. Bland that, holding the cast¬ ing vote in the committee on rules, he should decline to vote to report the cloture resolution offered by Mr. Bland last Friday for the purpose of bringing the silver bill to a square aye and nay vote, unless a clear majority house of the democrats of the should instruct him to do so. Speaker Crisp’s position, he explains, is entirely consistent with his record. A cloture rule is odious and distasteful. When the matter was discussed iu the caucus, Speaker Crisp, iu a ringing speech, insisted that the cloture should be the lrst resort of the majority, in the most emphatic and unequivocal mauner. The speaker’s action aroused the ire of Mr. Bland who charges Speaker Crisp with had faith. Although the news had gone forth that the committee on rules would not report the resolution for the consideration of the silver bill during the day, yet the gallaries were well filled with spectators, and there was an air of anxiety pervading the members in the chamber. The speaker laid before the house a communication from Representa¬ tive Joseph McKenna, of the sixth district of California, informing the house that he had sent his resig¬ nation ns representative to the governor of California. The communication was spread upon the Journal. The speaker also laid before the house a communica¬ tion from I). D. Donovan, of the sixth Ohio district, s-tatiug that on page 263 of the congressional record he was recorded as voting iu the negative of Burrow's mo¬ tion to the bill (the silver bill on the ta¬ ble). He was not in thehall when his name was called on this or any other r< II per¬ taining to the silver bill, he being at home sick. The speaker stated that cor¬ rection would be made and communica¬ tion sprea 1 uf on the journal. Mr. Bur¬ row-', of Michigan, inquired whether this would make auv change in the result of the vote. The speaker reported that it ha<i been stated at the time that it would not. Tuesday. — The silver excitement seemed to have entirely subsided when the house met Tuesday morning Thq attendance both on the floor and in the galleries were small, and tbe silver and anti-silver leaders relaxed their activity, Mr. Bland aud Mr. Pierce, were absent, and the only leaders of the antis who were present when the speaker called the bouse to order were Tracey and Harter, whose faces wore an expression of per¬ fect content. The speaker laid before the house a communic riion from Mr. Roger Q. 3Iills stating that he had sent to the governor of Texas his resignation as representative. THE SENATE. Thursday —At the conclusion of the executive session of the senate, which lasted four hours, the correspondence re¬ ceived Wednesday from the president relative to Behring sea was made public. It cover's the points as heretofore indi¬ cated. Friday— The senate, Friday, on the motion of Mr. Sherman, went into exec- utive session. The seriousness of the fact Behring sea situation is shown by the that Secretary Blaine attended the cabinet meetiug, notwithstanding he has not yet fully recovered from his recent attack of grip. All the other members of the cabinet were prompt in attend¬ ance. Foster and Tracy had a conference prior , to the meet" TOCCOA. GEORGIA, SATURDAY. APRIL 2, 1892. ing. presumably in regard to the orders to be sent to the naval and revenue ves¬ sels to be as-igned to the duty of patrol- ing tbe sealing grounds. It is practi¬ cally settled that this service will be as¬ signed to the WHiships Charleston, Ranger Balti¬ more, Boston, Yoiktown, Adams, and Michigan, and the revenue vessels Corwio, Bear, Rush and Albatross. Saturday. —The day was occupied by the senate in the discussion of the Behr¬ ing sea matter. The session was held with closed doors. Notwithstanding this, it was developed that the treaty will be ratified with a modus vivendi a tach- m;nt, aud that President Harrison will be sustained. Monday.— Among the bills reported from committees and placed on the cal¬ endar Monday was one to amend the act establishing define and circuit regulate, courts in of certain npneal and to cases, the United Stales courts. Mr. Hoar,who reported the bill, gave notice that hs would r,sk the senate to consider it at e very early day. Tuesday. —In the senate Mr. Stewarl gave notice that he would, Monday next, move to take up the senate bill to pro¬ vide for the free coinage of gold and sil¬ ver. At 2 o’clock the senate went intc si eret session and the call of senate was immediately ordered for full attendance. NOTES. A cabinet meeting was held at thr white house Tuesday morning. All cd the members were present. The Behrinp sea question was taken up at once, and President Harrison’s response to Lord Salisbury’s latest uote discussed. It is said on good authority that the president and hiscabiuet are well pleased with the conciliatory tone of Lord Salis bury’s note of the 26th instant, especially ns it is held to concede the point that has been the principal cause of contention, viz.,*the removal of modus vivendi ol Inst year for protection of the seal fish eries. There has not been a contested electior case before congress in many years that has attracted such universal attention as that of Noyes vs Rockwell, from the Elmira district of New York. The case is one of those close and delicate ones that affords a good argument on eithei side. Noye3 chums to have been elected by sixteen vot s,and Rockwell claims the election by twenty-one. Senator George has a bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to ascertain the amount of internal tax collected up >n cotton produced in each of the states, and upon demand to pay the amounts so ascertained to the governors of the respective st ites to be held in trust for the benefit of the producers o! cotton so taxed. The secretary of the treasury is authorized to issue enough treasury notes, bearing no interest, to carry out the purposes of the bill. Carolina, Representative Johnstone, of South has introduced an important bill, which has the double purpose of de¬ creasing taxation and increasing the cir¬ culating medium. It directs the secre¬ tary of the treasury to purchase the out¬ standing bonds due by the government, and to replace the amount of this pur¬ chase by issuing treasury notes. It pro¬ vides that the gold aud silver bullion of the government shall be coined and held for the redemption of these treasury notes. GREETING TO VETERANS. The General Commanding Extends His Congratulations. The following order has been issued to United Confederate Veterans from head¬ quarters at New 7 Orleans: General Orders 42. —The general commanding congratulates the ex-Con- federate veterans that as many as 103 c imps have been enrolled to date into the phil inthropic brotherhood of United Confederate Veterans, the gallant Ken¬ tuckians having just reported seven camps, besides many more forming in every state, and that the brave survivors ar: at last to be all united into tho great federation — social, literary, historical and benevolent— for the benefit of the living and care for the graves and mem¬ ory of our dead. Every southern state is now repre¬ sented except Virginia, and the general aud c unman iing expresses the earnest wish hope that the heroic veterans of that proud old commonwealth will also join their comrades in the peaceful, beneficient and Christian purposes contemplated, and that veteraus and camp3 everywhere will immediately organize and apply by telegram or letter to these headquarters for the necessary information and docu¬ ments, and be represented at the great leunion to be held in New Orleans on the 8th and 9tb of April next. By order of J. B. Gordon, general commanding; George Morgan, adjutant- general. TRADE REVIEW. The Past Week’s Business as Reported by Dunn & Co. R. G. Dunn & Co.’s weekly review ol trade says: The business failures occur ring throughout the country during thi week ended March 26th, number for thi United States 200, Canada 31, total 231, against 240 last week. Business indica tions are not quite so clear. Perhaps il is partly because the unfavorable weathei temporarily retards trade at many pointi and perhaps because uncertainties re garding the results of the silver agitatioi aud the Behring sea controversy some¬ what affect financial and commercial cal¬ culations, but there is on the whole les; evidence of improvement in distribution, and yet the prospects in the great indus tries seem9 brighter. The movement o: uram and cotton has fallen off, and < harp decline in prices is felt in mana quarters. NEW COTTON MILLS Which Are te be Erected in the South by Northern Capitalists. A Chattanioga dispatch says: The Tradesman announces the receipt of offi¬ cial information that Massachusetts capi¬ talists will begin the immediate erection at Nottingham, Ala., of a cotton mill to Contain 40,000 spindles and 1,000 looms, the plant to cost $400,000. The Trades¬ man reports the organization of several other large cotton mills is now in prog¬ ress in the south and their erection is as¬ sured. THROUGH GEORGIA. Interesting Notes Gathered Frcm Here and There Over the State. At a meeting of the Merchants’ Week association, at Savannah, recently, it was decided to have a gala week in May. Two thousand dollars was subscribed, and a soliciting committee appointed. The programme will be unusually attracr tive, and practically everything will be free. * Mr. Ira W. L. Maddox, of Stockbridge, has discovered a valuable deposit of mica ' on hts place. The mica vein is three aud a half feet wide and three-fourths of a mile long. It is said by experts to be finer than the celebrated North Carolina mica. The vein is from ten to fourteen feet deep, and the mica is worth $13 a pound. * * ¥ Colonel J. H. Estill, of the Savannah Morning News, has forwarded his resig¬ nation as a member of the national dem¬ ocratic committee trom Georgia to Chair¬ man Brice, and has notified the chairman of the state central committee oi his ac¬ tion. Colonel Estill stated that his res¬ ignation was due to the fact that he has been in ill health for nearly tw’o years past, and therefore desires to be relieved of all unnecessary care. * * * dollars’ Spalding county will issue ten thousand wor h of bonds to maintain the The chaingang system on her public roads. matter has been decided by a practi¬ cally unanimous vote in favor of the bonds. This means a good deal for that section. It will give a good money circu¬ lation, and in putting it into circulation the commissioners will give the people a system of good roads. The bonds are 6 per cent interest bearing, the first falling due January 1, 1907, and one bond of $1,000 each succeeding year. m * * Phosphate deposits have been discov¬ ered in the Big Ogeechee river. For a long time it has been predicted that phosphate mining would be an important industry in Georgia, and a number of counties have claimed the honor of con¬ cealing the coveted deposit in their soil. The legislature in 1885 passed a law pro¬ viding liberal privileges for phosphate mining in the rivers of the state, aud ■ number of licenses have been taken out, but so far nothing of any consequence has been done. Now, however, a com¬ phosphate pany engaged in oyster culture reports a find which it is believed will amount to something. * The Cost of liaising Cotton. The question of the cost of raising cot¬ ton lias created great discussion among planters, cotton buyers and business men in general, since Commissioner Nesbitt’s statement that it could bo made for 3£ cents called was questioned. In a little book “Cotton Facts,” which is pub¬ lished annually, appears each year an estimate of the cost of making cotton. That for the season of 1887-8 was made by Colonel W. L. Peek, president of the state exchange of the alliance, then a member of tho Georgia senate. It was as follows: Average cost of cotton iu Georgia (for a farm of 35 acres—one-mule farm): Cost of one hand seven months, at $13 “ per hand month.........................$ 91 00 one five months, at $13 per month.............................. 65 00 “ feed for one male, seven months... 43 00 “ 70 bushels cotton seed for planting, 12 1-2 cents per bushel............ 8 75 “ 7,000 pounds fertilizers, at 13-4 cts. 122 50 “ ginning, basrging and ties.......... 35 06 “ picking 17,500 pounds seed cotton, at 50 cents per 100 pounds......... 87 50 “ hauling to market................... 3 75 Rent of land 105 oo Total cost of crop $560 56 Yield— 5,833 pounds lint cotton—or a bale of 500 pounds to 3 acres, Cost of cotton about 9 3-5 cents per pound, making no allowance for seed. At a yield of a bale to 2 1-2 acres, the cost would be 8 cents per pound. * * * An Epidemic of Glanders. That scourge of live stock, tho glan¬ ders, is doing its deadly work among horses and mules in the state. The dis¬ ease w T as brought in by drovers who sold diseased stock regardless of consequences, and an epidemic of glanders is threat¬ ened. Upon the appeal of a Coffee coun¬ ty farmer Colonel R. T. Nesbitt, commis¬ sioner of agriculture, sent a veterinary surgeon to an infected district to inves¬ tigate and report the situation. The surgeon’s le’ter reveals a startling state of affrirs. We extract the following: “I went to the plantation of Mr. Sam¬ uel Harral, ten miles from Pearson sta¬ tion, in Coffee county, to investigate the disease among his stock. The horse de¬ scribed in his letter was dead when I got there. Two mules, his only remaining stock, had well-developed cases of glanders, both of which he killed and cremated. The horse which was fiisfc to develop the disease was bought in January last from an itinerant trader from Texas. It has been singu¬ larly fortunate that the many cases of glanders that haye developed in this central and southern portion of the state have all been isolated from other stock, and the disease has been checked by the destruction of the animals affected. It has been no less remarkable that the owners, in the absence of any compulsory law. have consented to kill them. I would most lespectfully recommend some legis'ation in this traffic matter that would fix a penalty on the of glandered stock and make it compu’sorv on the part of owners to destroy them. It also suggests itself to me that a minimum recompense wou’d be just to parties sac¬ rificing their stock for the protection of th :ir neighbors. It certainly is a great hudship for an individual to sacrifice all his stock without having the means to replace it- Mr. Harrall is left without a single horse or mule to start the season’s planting. Also the ease of Mr. Pate, of Sumner, a short dist^ice from the last cases mentioned, who sacrificed six head of valuable stock in order to protect his neighbors from loss, while some unscru¬ pulous dealers are selling the diseased stock and spreading the seeds of conta¬ gion over the entire state.” In Favor of Farm Vlllagei. Communal life seems to have taken root in Georgia at last. Governor Northen has taken hold of the idea of village f rming and is presenting it to the people of Georgia in his speeches. He advo- vocated it in his own county among his neighbors, proposing to include his own farm in the experiment, and now he is suggesting it in his addresses. The idea is one that has been taken up with enthu¬ siasm by some of the most sagacious men of the country. Governor Northen thinks it will do more to make country life pleasant, and will solve more of its knotty problems than anything that has been suggested. “One way by which tile plan may be consummated,” says the gov¬ ernor, “is for the capitalists to buy up lavce tracts of land, and lay it off in'o farms sections, with a convenient number ol and a village in the center, where all the farmers and their families reside. Another plan is for thi farmers to get together and arrange the thing among themselves, so that they may get all the benefit of the eri ac?meut of values due to the presence of a vil¬ lage. The advantage is that when you bring fifty or a hundred farmers together, you have a village of several hundred, with its social pleasure, its church aud its school, and with a convenient store, butcher’s shop and all the comforts of such a community, increasing as it grows in size. Then you have frequent mails, with the probability of a telephone, and as the town crows larger nerhans an electric line or a railroad. The idea is not now. It las been in operation in Europe for a long time, but I think we can improve on the European plan. Their method of dividing farms into long strips is not suited to the character of our country. The better plan would be to have the farms in more compact shape and put the vi lage in the center. Farm villages will solve more knotty problems of country life than any other one thing. The social intercourse of the village brightens people up, tends to promote public spirit and does away with the dullness and the loneliness of rural life. *■ A Plan to Save tlie Frnit. There is a chance to save the fruit from frosts. The freeze of the 19th has left some, and it will be well to guard that with jealous care. The weather bureau proposes to send out frost warnings to fruit growing districts and if the simple precaution of keeping up smothered fires should be adopted for the next four weeks, the rest of the fruit will be saved. The remedy suggested will smothered be the use of smudges. A smudge is a fire. At the bottom, in the center, some dry, combustible material is placed and Bet on fire. This is covered with two or three wagon loads of dampened will straw, or some material that make the fire bum slowly and emit a great volume of smoke. The farmers of the Red river valley saved their wheat from damage by early frosts last year, and at times the whole valley was covered with smoke from tha smudges. Mr. Park Morrill, director of the Geor¬ gia weather service, proposes to apply the same system to Georgia. He says smoke will hardly protect fruit from such a freze as that of the 19th, when the temperature went down to 16£ degrees, but it will protect it from damage by frost, and such it is not likely that we will have another freeze. The Georgia weather bureau has been greatly changed within the past three months, and weather indications, includ¬ ing cold wave, storm and frost warnings, are sent to the observers at thirty-five regular stations and to seventy-nine other points, where there are no olher observers. Mr. Morrill proposes, for the next thirty days, to send frost warn¬ ings to as many as fifty additional points for the benefit of fruit grow¬ ers. Those who are engaged in that business will do well to write imme¬ diately to the director of the weather service at Atlanta and have their stations put on the list. The government pro¬ poses to give fair warning, but the par¬ ties interested must take tbe precaution nece sary to protect fruit after the notice of frost is received. aud inexpensive. The precautions are few, simple everywhere Happily the materials are abundant in Georgia. Georgia Will Have No Building at Chicago Georgia will have no bu lding at the world’s fair. And the money which was first intended to be spent in the direc¬ tion of a state building will be used in making Georgia’s exhibit more magnifi¬ cent. At least this seems to be a fair prophecy regarding the Georgia build¬ ing, Architect Norrman, who, with Mr. Martin Amorous, has been to Chicago and investigated the whole matter, and he will so recommend in his report, will be supported in his view by several if not all tbe members of the executive committee of the world’s fair committee of which Governor Northen is chairman. These gentlemen visited Chicago about three weeks ago and performed their duties. They found the space alloted the state in a very incon /enient corner of the grounds. It was alto¬ gether out of the current and would not be visited by one-half of the people who go to the world’s fair. Even with three times as much ground, a build¬ ing in that out-of-the-way place would be a useless expenditure of money. The first obstacle of too small grounds then disappeared, and a greater and more in¬ surmountable one arose in its stead . The gentlemen found that it would not be a hard matter to secure additional space, but after looking at it they decided that it was not desirable. They came home to Georgia with this fixed impression. Now, Mr. Norrman has prepared his re¬ port to the executive committee. In the report he details the true state of affairs as they exist CL- and recom¬ mends that Georgia o not build a state building at the world's fair at all. He states that it was estimated to spend about ten thousand dollars in the erection of a Georgia building. The or¬ iginal purpose of the building was for a state exhibit and for a headquarters for Georgia people, eomfortab'e sitting rooms, cloak rooms and other conveni¬ ences. He states that the Georgia ex¬ hibit can be placed in the main visitor building, where it cm be seen by every to the World’s fair, and will do incalcula¬ ble good to Georgia in advertising her resources and possibilities. would He be thinks that the money which neces¬ sary to erect a Georgia building could be much better expended in improving the Georgia exhibit. CENTRAL RESCUED, And Placed in the Hands of the Geor¬ gia Directors, A CONDITIONAL DECISION BUT NO PERM A- NE.yr RECEIVER WILL BE IN IT. A dispatch of Monday afternoon from Macon says: At five minutes to 3 o’clock the Central railroad case was decided in a conditional manner by Judge Pardee. Tbe decision is that the road shall be placed in the hands of the Georgia di¬ rectors as temporary receiver, and that the 42,000 shares held iu New York shall not be voted. The decision is regarded as a happy termination of the case, one that will place this magnificent property where it belongs and take it trom the hands of the wall street manipulators. Major Bacon concluded his masterly argument for the complainants and as he took his seat Judge Pardee aud Judge Speer, without leaving their seat*, held a short consultation which lasted but a few minutes, and when Judge Par¬ dee straightened up and began to talk every one in the crowded courtroom bent forward to hear his decision. In refer¬ ence to the claim that this court did not have jurisdiction in the case, he decided against it, as this was an instance where the minority stockholders had come into ; court asking that their property, which was being wrecked by the majority stock¬ holders, be protected. He thought there was no necessity in passing upon the validity of the lease at this time, as the property was in the hands of the court. In referring to the 42,000 shares of stock held by the Wall street crowd Judge Par¬ dee decided that it could not be legally voted as it was held by a competing com¬ pany as he felt satisfied that so long as this voting power was held by a foreign company, the court could control the vot- iug power, the holders of the stock and retaining the right to sell it or to draw dividends upon it, recognizing the large interest? held outside the minority stockholders, the court did not feel dis¬ posed to damage the property, but it felt that the minority stockholders had rights that must be protected. The court had come to the conclusion, said Judge Pardee, that a modified re¬ ceiver would protect the minority stock¬ holders, aud yet would not have the tffect of damaging the property. Judge Pardee then stated that if it would he satisfactory to the attorneys on both sides the court would sign an order enjoining the Central Railroad and B inking Compauy from voting the forty- two thousand shares of stock held by the Richmond and Dinville in future elec¬ tions, directing the property to be turned over to the Georgia directors of the com¬ pany, who should hold it out and manage it for the court as temporary receivers until the court was ready to dispose of it, with the understanding that the court would dispose of the property as soon as soon as the legal board of directors could be chosen. The judge announced that an election would be ordere 1 as soon as it c. uld be legally held. The attorneys on both sides express themselves as perfectly satisfied with the order which the court indicated would be passed. GENERAL ALEXANDER RESIGNS. After the court adjourned the board of diiectors of the Central met, a full board being present. General E. P. Alexander, president, tendered his resignation. Mr. M. H. Comer, of Savannah, wa9 elected as director to fill the vacancy caused by the failure of General Sorrell to qualify. General Alexander’s resignation having been accepted, Mr. Comer was nominated t > fill the vacancy of the president of the board and was immediately elected. The e'ectiou of Mr. Comer was well received, He is one of the ablest financiers i i the state and it is understood that his election was iu accordance with the wishes of a large number of the creditors of the road. It is understood that the changes in the board will result in a re organization of the company and will greatly enhance the value of the stock. Active steps will be taken at once to put o i foot a plan to take the road out of tbe hands of the receivers aud put it on a >1 id financial basis. Other changes will probably be made > i the board, and a mnch more cheerful o itlook is shown already for Central se¬ curities. A BANK GOES UNDER. Liquidation Decided Upon to Stralgthen Out its Affairs. The American National bank, of Birm¬ ingham, Ala, went into liquidation Wednesday. The bank originally had s capital of $250,000, which was, securities to fc large extent, loaned out on that depreciated in value. Not long since, it threw out its worthless securi ties and scaled its stock down to $125,- 000. Some of the stockholders kicked on this arrangement and went into court to enjoin some of the directors from act ing. As the best way out. liquidatiOL has been determined on. Nobody will suffer, unless it ba the stockholders, through the failure of the securities tc realize the amounts loaned. •’•JACK THE RIPPER.” A Murderer Captured in Australia Sup- posed to lie the Wllitechapiiel Fiend. Con.ider.kl. excitement n, ,. au . ed nt , , Melbourn. r ,, Australia, . . Saturday 0 by , .i the statement whch pubUshed by . relmt,in paper declared lemming the r,t,T that Demming is none other than the notorious “Jack ibe Ripper,” the slayer of the Whitecbappel, I.ondon, outcasts, and this suspicion is home out in a meas¬ ure not only by Demming’s appearance, which clost-lv tallies with the description given of the Wi.itechappel fiend, but bv his alleged confess ons. J. A. Torian, once a wealthy planter of Horn Lake, Miss., went to Memphis, Tenn., to get supplies for the coming all year, merchants low price of cotton caused and bankers to refuse him credit, and, smarting under the humiliation, he killed himself. NUMBER RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. R. Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Division. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains, in Effect Jan. 17th. 1892. NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No. 10. No. 12 FASTEBX TIKE. Daily. Daily. Daily Lv. Atlanta (E.i .) 1 25 pm 8 50 pm 9 00am Chamblee..... ....... 9 27 pm 9 38am Noreross....... ....... 9 S9 pm 9 52am Dnluth........ ....... 9 51 pm 10 05am Suwanee....... .......110 03 pm 10 16am Buford........ .......11017 pm 10 18am Flow, ry Branch .......[10 31 pm 10 40ara Gainesville..... 2 59 pm 10 51 pm 11 03am Lula.......... .......ill 18 pm 11 33am Bellton........ .......Ill 21 pnr 11 37am Cornelia....... .......11 45 pm 12 08pm Mt. Airy....... .......11 50 pm 12 11pm- Toecoa......... ....... 12 20 am 12 41pm Westminster ... ....... 12 58 am 1 22pm Seneca ........ ....... 1 17 am 1 47pm Central........ ....... 1 50 am 2 35pm Easleys........ ....... 2 18 am 3 08pm Greenville..... 6 05 pm 2 44 am 3 37pm Greers......... ....... S 14 am 4 07pm Wellford....... ....... 3 33 am 4 25 pm Clifton........ Spartanburg 6 57 pm 3 54 am 4 50pm ....... 4 13 am 5 08pm Cowpens ...... ....... 4 18 am 5 12pm Gaffney ....... 4 40 am 5 39pm Blaeksb nrg ....... 5 01 am 6 00pm Grover., ....... 5 11 am 6 11pm King’s Mount’n ....... 5 2S am 6 30pm Gastonia....... ....... 5 54 am 6 5Spm Lowell........ ....... 6 07 am 7 12pm Bellemont..... ....... 6 14 am 7 24pm Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 6 40 am 7 50pm SOUTHBOUND. No. 37, No. 11. No. 9. Daily. Daily, Daily. Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am 1 50 pm 2 20 am Bellemont..... 2 12 pm 2 42 am Lowell......... 2 23 pm 2 52 am Gastonia....... 2 35 pm 3 04 am Grover......... King’s Mount’n 3 00 pm 3 3 27 43 am 3 16 pm am Blacksburg .... *...... 3 26 pm 3 53 am Gaffney....... 3 45 pm 4 10 am Cowpens...... 4 10 pm 4 42 am Clifton........ 4 13 pm 4 45 am Spartanburg... 11 43 am 4 27 pm 5 00 am Wellford........ 4 £0 pm 5 23 am Greers......... 5 O'J pm 5 42 am Greenville...... 12 36 pm 5 34 pm 6 10 am Easleys......... 6 07 pm 6 88 30 am Central........ ....... 6 55 pm 7 am Seneca,........ ....... 7 22 pm 7 57 am Westminster.... ....... 741pm 8 17 am Toecoa........ ....... 8 19 pm 8 55 am Mt. Airy....... ....... 8 48 pm 9 23 am Cornelia....... ....... 8 52 pm 9 27 am Bellton........ ....... 9 16 pm 9 49 am Lula.......... ....... 9 18 pm 9 51 am Gainesville..... 3 41 pm 9 42 pm 1C 16 am Flowery Branch ....... 10 CO pm 10 40 am. Buford........ .......10 33 17 pmllO 1104 52 arx Suwanee....... ....... 10 pm am Duluth........ ...... 10 45 pm 11 15 pm Noreross...... .......10 56 pm 11 28 am Chamblee...... .......11 08 pm 11 42 am Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) 5 05 pm 11 45 pm 12 20 pm Additional trains Nos. 17 anl 18—Lula ac¬ commodation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬ lanta 5 30 p m, arrives Lula 8 12 p m. Return¬ ing, leaves Lula 6 00 a m, arrives Atlanta 8 50 am. Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 daily, ex¬ cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily 7 , leave Lu'.a 8 30 p ra, and 1140 a m, arrive Athens 10 15 p m and 12 20 pm. Returning leave Athens, No. lO daily, except Sunday, and No. 12 daily, 6 20 y> m and 6 45 a m, arrive Lula 8 05 p m and 8 30 a m. Between Toecoa and Elberton—No. G1 dai¬ ly; except Sunday, leave Toecoa 1 00 p n* arrive Elberton 4 40 p m. Returning, No. W daily, except Sunday, leaves Elberton 5 00 a di and arrives Toecoa 8 30 a m. Nos. 9 an l 10 carry Pullman Sleepers be¬ tween Atlanta and New York. Nos. 37 and 38, Washington and Southwest« ern Vestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and charged. Washington. On this train no Sleepers extra be fare w Through Pullman tween New York and New Orleans, al-o between Washington and Memphis, via Atlanta and Birmingham. local and For detailod information as to through time tables, rates and Pullman Sleep¬ ing car reservations, confer with local agents, or address, JA8. L. TAYLOR, W. A. TURK, Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Ass’t. G-nl. P-iss. Ag't. Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte N. 0/ C. P. HAMMOND, Superintendent. Atlanta, Ga. W. H. GREEN, SOL. HASS, Gen’l Manager. Traffic Manager, Atianta, Ga, Atlanta, Ga. LEWIS DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW T0CC0A CITY, GA., Will practioe in the counties of Habers sham and Rabun of the Northwestern Circuit, and Franklin and Banks of wiij the Western Circuit. Prompt attention be given to all business entrusterfto him, The collection of debts will have speo- ia! attention. OYSTERMEN AT WAR. A Conflict in Which Several Men av<j Killed and Wounded. Telegrams of Thursday from Tasley, Va., state that a furious battle occurred Tuesday between the oyster men in Ches¬ apeake bay. Several years ago some per - sons residing in Accomack county took up a large tract of oyster ground in tho Pokomoke sound. The oys-ter men iu the neighborhood had of violated Tangier the claimed that the planters law by taking up a natural oyster lock. The courts decided against the planter4 who, under an proceeded act passed by the Virginia legislature, their reservation. to take up the oysters from Tb s termined greatly enraged the it islanders, who de¬ to prevent at all hazards. THEY MAN THEIR VESSELS. Early Tuesday morning they manne i two sloops with a force numbering 75 men and proceeded to where the dredge: * were operating. They found twehe schooners at work, and close by was ore of the Virginia oyster police boats to pr >- tect the dredgers. The ordered commanders island- of the state police off. boat »l,en the thej disre- er« to keep he and opened fire the g«rdedh with his ls order., The islanders on o cannon. were ‘ d „ ith ^ rifl Bn dredger. d 6 „on the firing oS The c«me deck .„d fired volley alter volley in to -*>*■•* tbe une< l ual c tntest - THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. In the engagement Captain Thomas Dies, of Pungateague, Va., was killed, and several islanders received slight wounds. The fight island, took place in full view of Fangier and while it was goirg on the entire population of the island watched its progress. Great excitement prevailed on the island all Tuesday night, and scarcely any of the inhabitants went to bed. The dredgers and islanders are both greatly incensed against each other, and it ia feared that hostilities will break ou» afresh.