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THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS OF HOUSE AND SENATE SUMMARIZED. IMPORTANT MEASURES ACTED UPON Many BUI* of General anil Local Interest Receive the Attention of Our Law-Makers. Saturday In the House. An effort was made in the house Saturday to reconsider the action of Friday in defeating the hill to remove the courthouse of DeKatb county from Decatur to Stone Mountain. The re sult was a second defeat for the Stone Mountain faction. There was just a quorum present and the motion to reconsider received only 36 of the 88 votes cast. This ends the controversy for five years at least, as uo election can le called before that time. From now until the close the house will hold two sessions daily. The morning session will he from 9 until 1 o’clock, and in the afternoon from 3 to 6 o’clock. The house will now go to work in earnest to settle the many im portant matters now under considera tion. Saturday’s session was a busy one. A great deal of routine business was transacted and a number of important measures were introduced. Mr. Cal vin of Richmond offered a bill for state banks of issue with which he hopes to make a test of the 10 per cent, tax on the state hanks. - Mr. Bartlett, of Paulding, proposes two constitutional amendments, one of which would place members of the ■ legislature on a salary of 3250 per ; annum instead of the per diem. The 'other seeks to strike the 50 days and | Teave the legislature to hold unlimited sessions. Monday’s Routine. Mr. Calvin’s “mixed flour” bill passed the house at Monday’s session. The bill requires the words “mixed flour to be branded or marked on each ipackage containing a blending of wheat flour and corn meal, so as to show what per centum of the contents is made from the food products of wheat and from the food products of grain, other than wheat. The purpose of the •bill is to put purchasers on notice as to what they are buying, whether straight flour or mixed flour. The following bills were also pass ed: An act for the protection of the bicycle roads in the county of Wilkes; an act making the condemnation of iland by counties the same as for all corporations exercising the right of .eminent domain; amending the char iter of the city of Waycross; establish ing a system of public schools for the ‘city of Culloden; amending the char ter of the city of Gainesville. The senate passed the following local .bills Monday: To incorporate Mount ville; to incorporate Ocilla; to incor porate Pepperton—(Pepperton is in 1 Butts county near a famous patch ol ; jed pepper, from which a negro vil ! lage called Peppertown took its rise— [later a cotton mill was erected be tween Jackson and the red pepper vil lage); amending the Lawrenceville 1 charter so that it shall be called a city instead of a town—(there is no penalty for a violation of the act); to extend .the corporate limits of Douglasville; fto amend the charter of Douglas in ithe county of Coffee so that it shall be called a city instead of a town; to extend the limits of East Borne; to amend the charter of Buchanan; to amend the charter of Washington, Ga., so as to give the mayor a salary of 3200 and the recorder 3250 if the Council is willing. Tuesday’s Proceedings. In the house Tuesday the Boynton anti-barroom bill met a decisive de feat. The fight was brought to an ; unexpected focus and, for a time, the (result seemed uncertain. On a motion :to table the bill, 84 votes, just four i less than a constitutional majority, were polled for the measure. It was subsequently shown, however, that : many of those who voted against ta j bling the bill, did so for the purpose of putting a speedy end to the trouble,. 1 Wheu the bill came up for passage ! they promptly jumped on it. On the | final vote the bill failed of a constitu ' tional majority—74 to 64. 1 Notice of a motion to reconsider was | made, but judging by the ready man ner in w hich the bill was disposed of j there seems but little likelihood j that the measure wall betaken up again ! during the present session. ' Mr. Felder, of Fulton, made a fight to reconsider the mixed flour bill pass ed by the house Monday, but the mo tion failed. Mr. Calvin’s bill for the benefit of indigent Confederate soldiers was pass ed. It was a busy session from start to finish. The convict bill did not come up. The senate is disposed to be lenient with lynchers, and thinks three days are not enough “cooling time,” for a man wheu a member of his family has been assaulted. Senator Trammell Starr’s bill, leaving it to the jury in criminal cases to determine whether sufficient time has elapsed for the voice of reason and humanity to be heard after an insult, was passed by the sen ate after a spirited discussion. The Vote was 23 to 2, Senators Hopkins and Golightly voting in the negative. Other bills passed were: An act to prohibit the sale of liquor and estab lish a dispensary in Terrell county; bill to regulate the securities of build ing and loan associations; bill chang ing the time of holding court in Ap pling county; bill providing that children of the half-blood on the ma ternal side shall inherit the same as .those on the paternal side; bill to prohibit and make penal the use in this state of any steam boiler without a fusable metal safety plug, bill to es tablish the city court of Valdosta; bill to amend section33ss of the code; bill {authorizing the town council of Elli jay to create a debt of $5,000 for school purposes; a school hill for the town of Cusseta. Wednesday’* Proceeding:*. , The auti-barroom bill was reconsid ered in the house Wednesday by a vote of 61 to 60. Several members who voted against it Tuesday were ab sent and the motion to reconsider was carried by a hare majority of one. The bill to attach a penalty to the failure of telegraph companies to promptly transmit and deliver all messages was a special order for the day, but went over until Tuesday. The majority report of the Brown in vestigating committee w’as presented to the house. It is a strong endorse ment of administration of the state university and in that way diametri cally opposed to the report submitted by Hon. Pope Brown and two other members of the committee. The afternoon session was devoted exclusively to the Jefferson county election contest, which resulted in the seating of James Stapleton and J. H. Polhill. The populist members who lose their seats are B. A. Slater and It. P. Wrenn. The fight was strong while it lasted. A number of speeches were made and a minority report in favor of the populist contestants was offered. The vote to unseat the popu lists was 74 to 38. A strong fight was made for adjourn ment over to Friday, but it was unsuc cessful. The bill of Senator H. W. Hopkins, providing for the election of superior court judges nnd solicitors by the peo ple, was the special order of the senate Wednesday, and was taken up imme diately after the reading of the journal. The bill provides that at the first gen eral election in January that the peo ple will be called upon to vote on the amendment of the constitution as pro posed by it, giving the people the right to elect the superior court judges and solicitors. The bill had ben referred to the committee on general judiciary, and was reported back with the rec ommendation that it should not pass. Senator Hopkins defended his bill in an able and decidedly pointed man ner. Senator Kilpatrick spoke against the passage of the bill and gave as his main reason for opposing it that it would lead judges into temptation. Senator Hopkins, at the conclusion of Senator Kilpatrick’s remarks, moved that the bill be displaced and made the special order for the next legisla tive day. The motion was carried by a vote of 25 to 15. A bill to change the time for hold ing of sessions of the superior court of the Middle circuit was taken up by unanimous consent and passed. The house bill changing the charter of the town of Thomaston to the city of Thomaston was passed. On motion of Senator Starr the sen ate adjourned until Friday at 10 o’clock. No Quorum Present. Tlie lower house of the Georgia legislature, after having repeatedly and stubbornly refused to take Thanks giving holiday, met Thursday morn ing and adjourned. Deep disgust was depicted on the countenances of the few faithful members who remained at their posts of duty, while the others had returned to their homes to partake of the fattened turkey and ’possum. Every one of the 56 present at the roll call felt that he had a personal griev ance, and many expressions, unknown to parliamentary usage, evidenced the fact. New Judicial Circuit*. Georgia will have three new judicial circuits. The special committee of one from each circuit, appointed several days ago, met Monday night and de cided that important changes were necessary. The two bills introduced in the house to divide the Coweta circuit and to create anew circuit in south Georgia. In the first instance the committee recommended the division, the new circuit to be known as the Carrolton circuit. The second bill provides for an en tirely new circut to be known as the Wiregrass circuit. It is also proposed to make a sep arate circuit of Chatham county, and a bill embodying the proposed change will also be introduced. The Coweta circuit will now be composed of Carroll, Heard and Troup. The Wiregrass circuit will be com posed of Dooly, AVileox, Irwin and Worth. Chatham will be a circuit in itself, and the other counties will be formed into a circuit. These counties are Bryan, Bulloch, Liberty, Mclntosh, Effingham, Montgomery and Tatnall. Textile School. A textile school is to he added to the Georgia School of Technology in At lanta. This was practically decided by the action of the legislative com mittee on education. The committee voted unanimously to pass the bill in troduced by Mr. Boifeuillet, of Bibb, which provides for the appropriation of SIO,OOO for the erection of a textile department at the Technological. The bill had able and distinguished advo cates, and it was very easy work to secure a favorable report from the committee. Advertise with us if you wish to keep the people posted as to the amount, the character, the quality and prices of goods you have for sale. An ad will bring ’em every time. TO DEDICATE MONUMENT. Fifteen Hundred Pennsylvania Troopi Will Go to Chattanooga. Adjutant General Stewart, of Penn sylvania, will issue orders to fifteen hundred Pennsylvania soldiers for free transportation to Chattanooga and return, to attend the dedication on November 15th of the Pennsylvania monuments on the Chickamauga bat tlefield. Governor Hastings and staff will participate in the ceremonies, along with representatives of the national government and the Pennsylvania battlefield commission. TELEGRAPHERS WIN OUT. Important Decision in the Union Pacific Railroad Hospital Case. Judge Sanborn,of the United States court at St. Paul, Minn., has decided a suit against the receiver of the Union Pacific in favor of the Order of Rail way Telegraphers, holding that rail , road employees are entitled to repre sentation on the board of trustees of the railroad hospital. The amount of 375,000 in the hospital fund is ordered paid back pro rata to employees who contributed it, and the property is of dered sold. MESSAGE TO CONTI PLAN LOOKING TO THE INAUGURATION OF CURRENCY REFORM. ON LINE WITH GAGE’S VIEWS. Pi'puhlent Will Discuss the Matter Fully In Hi* Recommendation* to The Congress. The Washington Evening Star says that “it can he stated on the highest authority that tlio president is going to recommend a plan for currency re form in his message; and, further, that that part of the message was written with the co-operation of Sec retary Gage. It is authoritatively stated that Secretary Gage is perfectly satisfied with the president’s message in regard to financial legislation, and that it meets his entire views and sup port. “Further than this, it was stated on the same high authority that the sec retary of the treasury will submit to congress in his annual report the plan for currency reform which he submit ted to the cabinet at its meeting on Friday, October 20th. “The secretary intends to submit this report to congress almost identi cally as it was submitted to the cabi net, but with the exception that he will make some further recommenda tions, but these will not materially chauge the plan already announced.” Teller Kxpresses Doubt. A Washington special says: When asked to give his opinion as to the probability of legislation affecting the currency during the approaching ses sion of congress, Senator Teller said: “I do not believe there will be any legis lation looking to substitution of bank notes for greenbacks and treasury notes, which appears to be the favorite method of cur rency reform, so-called, advocated by the supporters of the gold standard. I think it very doubtful whether the advocates of the change can agree upon the details of such legislation, and bankers will naturally hesi tate to increase the issue of bank notes in sufficient quantity to take the place of the entire volume of greenbacks and treasury notes, especially in view of the fact that the redemption of bank notes must, to satisfy the demands the currency reformers, be in gold.” Senator Teller said he considered it quite certain that the president would make some recommendation upon the currency problem to congress, but he was of the opinion that the suggestion would be in general terms, as in his inaugural message, and that the pres ident would leave the details to con gress. The senator expressed doubt as to whether the administration would take any steps looking to the encourage ment of the Cabans in their war for independence. He continued: “I think that congress can settle the Cuban question by recognizing the belligerent rights of the Cubans, and that should have been done long since. I believe the house will pass the senate resolution sent to it during the special session, if that measure is brought before it, but it is quite doubtful whether it will be allowed to consider it at all.” METHODISTS IN ATHENS. The (North Georgia Conference Assembles In Classic City. The North Georgia Methodist con ference was organized at Athens Wednesday morning by the election of Rev. Joel P. Daves, secretary, to succeed Dr. Heidt, of Atlanta, and the appointment of the various com mittees. It is not generally known that the North Georgia conference has the dis tinction of being the largest conference in the United States, but such is the fact. No other in the southern or the northern church can equal its mem bership of 93,000. It contributes $20,- 000 to foreign and 316,000 to home missions, and will have a large repre sentation in the quadrennial general conference, which meets at Baltimore next year. Bishop Galloway for the first time presided over this conference. He has just returned from the Memphis conference, and will go from St. Louis to the North Alabama conference which meets at Florence a week hence. REWARD FOR HEROISM. A Gold Medal Presented to William S. Langford For Saving Live*. A gold medal was presented Wednes day to William S. Langford, who is a clerk in the office of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad company at New York, for saving the lives of the passengers in a submerged car in the recent disaster at Garrisons, N. Y. The presentation was made in the presence of Dr. Chauncey M. Depew and the other railroad officials and clerks at the Grand Central station. Langford swam out in the Hudson river to the submerged ear and chopped a hole in it, releasing three men. TURKS ARE HUMBLE. Czar Complies With All the Demands Made Upon Him By Austria. Dispatches received from Mersena, Asia Minor, announce as result of the decision of the Turkish government to grant the demands of Austria for re dress in consequence of the ill treat ment of Herr Brazzafolli, the agent of the Austrian Lloyd Steamship Com pany at that port, and the subsequent insults complained of by the Austrain consul there, the flag of Austria was duly saluted at Meridina by Turkish guns with all the ceremonial demand ed by the government of Austria. MUTUAL CONCESSIONS MADE. Trouble Between Illinois Miners and Operators Adjusted. The conference at Joliet, 111., Wed nesday between the Illinois miners and operators has resulted in mutual concessions. The scale of prices was adjusted satisfactorily. The most im portant demand of the strikers, that the scale be paid on the basit of gross weight alone, was not entirely settled, though the mine operators conceded a Eoint, GOV. EI.LERBE A CANDIDATE. He Announces for Ite-Klectlon—Defend* Dispensary Law, A Columbia special says: Governor Ellerbe has declared his candidacy for re-election as governor of South Caro lina, and in advance of his annual message to the general assembly, he has seen fit to present his views in re gard to the liquor question. He also strongly expresses himself in regard to criticisms that had been made of his official acts. He gave out an in terview Wednesday night in regard to a statement in a Charleston paper that he had told Newbold not to surrender, the governor says: “I am getting heartily sick and tired of such dirty flings and insinua tions. It seems that a gentleman has no protection, but has to submit to such slanderous insinuations. ‘ ‘There seems to be a common un derstanding on the part of certain peo ple to destroy the dispensary law, and they take advantage of all unfortunate occurrences to use them against the law. Since I have been governor I have tried fearlessly to perform my official duties, and will not be swerved by idle clamor or senseless criticism. “The most difficult problem that confronts us today is that of the liquor traffic. The dispensary, I think, is the best solution of the question, but as the courts have decided that the dispensary is not a police regulation, I am in favor of amending the law so as to make it a police regulation by eliminating tlie profit feature, and, if necessary, not sell it as a beverage,lint only for medicinal and sacramental purposes. “Those who advocate high license have surely not read carefully the de cisions of the courts, for in the case of Scott vs. Donald, the court advanced the view that the state could prohibit, they could inspect, but could do no more. If the dispensary is not a police regu lation, and the state cannot control the liquor under the dispensary law, it certainly cannot under high license. Besides, under a high license system it would, in a few mouths, degenerate into the open barrooms. “I propose to go before the people on my record, and, if necessary, to ad vocate the policy just outlined. Some of my enemies have said I might, be re-elected because of the unwritten law to give a governor two terms. I want it understood that no one need keep out of the race on this account, and I would not have it as a mere mat ter of precedent if my efforts did not warrant an indorsement. “If I cannot refute the numerous charges that have been made against me, and cannot show to the people that I have honestly and faithfully tried to discharge the duties of the office, I do not care to be re-elected. ” CHINA APPEALS. She Asks Russia to Intercede in tlie Trou ble With Germany. According to a Washington dis patch to the New York Herald, China lias appealed to Russia to oust Ger many from her territory, as the result of the occupation by a German force of a part of the Shan Tung peninsula. The Russian legation in Pekin is in charge of the secretary, Count Cassini, the minister having been transferred to Washington as the diplomatic rep resentative of Russia. The negotia tions on the subject are being conduct ed in St, Petersburg. Notwithstanding the efforts of the Chinese government to get Germany to name a date when she could with draw her forces, the German govern ment has taken no step in the matter and the fear is expressed in the eastern and European diplomatic circles that her occupation, if not of a permanent character now, is simply a preliminary to it. WILL REMOVE FROM WACO. Baylor University May Follow Baptist Headquarters to I)ulla*. A special from Dallas, Texas, says: Asa result of the Brann-Baylor uni versity sensations and the tragedies following them, culminating in the deaths of the two Harris brothers, offi cial announcement has been made that the managers of the state headquar ters of the Baptist church for Texas have ordered the headquarters remov ed from Waco to Dallas and that the business of the church will be con ducted from that city, dating from December Ist. A rumor is in circulation that Baylor university, probably the most impor tant protestant institution of education in Texas, is to be removed from Waco. TWENTY YEARS IN THE PEN. Meiner Wan One of a Party of Eight Who Assaulted Mr*. Gleason. Frank, alias “Dad” Meiner, was convicted at Newport, Ky., Wednes day night, of assaulting Mrs. William Gleason October 6th and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. Claxson and Greer have previously received the same sentence for the same offense. There are five others to he tried for this offense and all will no doubt receive twenty years each. The defendants belonged to a gang that insulted ladies, and their outrage on Mrs. Gleason was such that lynch ing was averted only by tlie transfer of the prisoners to Maysville. BIG STREET RAILROAD SOLD. Syndicate Get* PosMession of Stock of the Pittsburg System. Messrs. Alexander Brown & Sons, representing a syndicate of Baltimore, Loudon, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg capitalists, have consum mated the purchase of all the stock of the United Traction Company of Pittsburg, Pa., amounting to 320,000,- 060. This will give them control of the largest street railway system in Pitts burg and Allegheny, owning and oji erating over 117 miles of electric lines. PLANNING FOR REUNION. Association at Atlanta Organized and Work Begun. The organization of the Confederate Veterans’ Reunion association at At lanta, Ga., has been completed. The exeentive committee has been named, the various branches of the as sociation formed and every detail of the work to be done by the organiza tion outlined. GUI IKS OF CURRENCY AT ANNUAL DINNER OF NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. TREASURER WITS GUEST OF HONOR. He Discussed “Currency ICeform-—Non* or When**—But Fouget Shy ot the lmportuut “How.” The one hundred and twenty-ninth annual dinner of the chamber of com merce of New York City was given at Delmonico’s new restaurant on Fifth avenue and Forty-fourth street Tues day night. Men distinguished in pro fessional and commercial life were present and the beautiful banquet hall w’as taxed to its utmost capacity. Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage w’as the guest of honor and chief speaker. Alexander E. Orr, president of the chamber, presided. It was long past the appointed time when President Orr arose and made the introductory speech. The health of “The President of the United States” was then drunk stand ing, with three rousing cheers, while the orchestra played “The Land of the Free.” Secretary Gage was flatteringly re ceived, when he rose to speak to the toast “Currency Reform —Now or When?” Secretary Gage began by referring to the history of the chamber during the one hundred and twenty-nine years of existence and of the serious and important problems which the pioneer members and those who fol lowed them had to solve. Those of our day, he said, were equally serious and even more complex. One of these, he declared, is fundamental in a ma terial sense to every state. “For four years,” he said, “its injurious shadow has depressed industry and enter prise;” but he finds in the result of the last national election “assurances to lift doubts, to banish fears, to brace hope and to lend courage.” “This happy reaction in enterprise now witnessed,” says the secretary, “the stimulation to industry which has followed this new assurance, is a con firmatory evidence of the blighting in fluence of that fierce propaganda for ‘free silver’ and semi-repudiation that met its just rebuke from the freeman’s ballot in 1896.’ ” "Secretary Gage declared that he be lieves the shape and destiny of our national life, as it may be affected by financial legislation, is to be determ ined within the next five years. “When ultra conservatism applies it to justify a condition which is ‘bad enough’ instead of ‘well enough,’ it is fatally misapplied,” he continued. “That the condition of our currency and banking syßtern is ‘bad enough’ is certified to by the deliberate judgment of the great body of economic students and by a general consensus of opinion among business men. “It certainly is not well enough with a banking system utterly inelas tic and correspondingly irresponsive to the domestic requirements of trade and industry to which in its proper relation the banking system should be the faithful and efficient handmaiden. It is not well enough with the national treasury awkwardly performing an office which is entirely foreign to its proper function. It is not well enough; it is absolutely bad, when the result is a public treasury so expanded in its demand liabilities in a time of pro found peace as to threaten its solvency in case of war.” The secretary was glad he was not called upon to discusß the “how” or to go into details of methods to achieve currency reform. To go into that dis cussion might be injudicious in view of his official position and would be entering upon the field of greatest controversy where doubts and fears are now numerous and where passions and prejudices have their freest play. Baid he: “Every one favors reform—his kind of reform. Many are willing to have reform, anybody’s kind, and it can be had without struggle and free of cost. Others, seeing that the path of virtue leads to serene and restful places, are willing to walk in the way of it, even at the cost of present pain and sacri fice.” EXPRESSMEN MEET. Regular Annual Election of Directors and Officers at Savannah. Tbe ' 35tli animal meeting of the Southern Express company was held at Savannah, Ga., Monday. The fol lowing directors were re-elected: H. B. Plant, New York; M. J. O’Brien, Augusta; M. F. Plant, New York; C. L. Loop, Chattanooga; H. Sandford, New York; Hugh Dempsy, Augusta; D. F. Jack, Augusta; officers, H. B. Plant, president; M. J. O’Brien, vice president and general manager; M. F. Plant, vice president; George H. Til ley, secretary and treasurer; T. W. Leary, of Chattanooga, assistant gen eral manager; F. G. Dußignon, of Savannah, general counsel. DEITH SENTENCE FOR TEN. Result of Trial of Police At Mexico City For M order of Arroyo. The great trial of Arroyo’s mur derers at Mexico City terminated Mon day evening with the sentence of death pronounced on ten of the police officials and policemen concerned in the butchery of the hapless wretch whose audacious attempt on the presi dent caused so profound a sensation. The jury was out over seven hours. The condemned men do not yet seem to realize their perilous position. Their lawyers entered an appeal. ELECTION PROTEST. Nebraska’s Canvassing Board Forestalled By a Kick. The Nebraska state canvassing board, comprising the governor, sec retary of state, auditor and attorney general, met at Lincoln Monday to canvass the returns of the late election. During the day a formal written pro test, signed by Secretary Sizer, of the republican state committee, and many citizens was filed protesting against the canvass going on in at least 22 counties. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. Report of New Industries Established During tlie Week. The movement in manufactured pro ducts is active for the season and busi ness generally, as reported by corres pondents among prominent southern manufacturers and dealers shows a healthy increase. The iron market is firm with but lit tle change as to prices. The demand shows the falling off incident to the season, but the mills are well filled with business that will keep them busy until the spring trade opens. The Shelby, Ala., Iron Go. will put No. 1 furnace in blast Nov. 22 anil the Watts Steel and Iron Syndicate will blow in furnace No. 1 at Middlesbor oug, Ky., December 1. The Dayton, Tenn., Coal and Iron Cos. are repair ing their furnaces and will put both plants in blast at an early date. Sontbern cotton manufacturers re port an encouraging volume of trade, and at most points the southern lumber business is more active than for several years past. Among the most important new in dustries reported for the past week are the following: Electric light plants at Bessemer, Ala., and Harriman, Tenn.; an extensive fertilizer factory at Co lumbus, Ga.; the Berkely Chemical Cos., capital, $500,000, at Charleston, S. C. ;a flouring mill at Conway,Ark., and ice factories at Gainesville, Fla., and Waycross, Ga.; the Fairmount Land Cos., capital, $50,000, Norfolk, Va.; the Charleston Land and Mining Cos., capital, $500,000, Charleston, W. Va., and the Kitson Hydro Carbon Light Cos., capital, $50,000, Birming ham. The Sloss Iron and Steel Cos., of Birmingham, will develop iron mines at Leeds; gas generator works will be erected at Dallas, Texas; an 80-ton oil mill at Meridian, Miss.; a tannery at Morristown, Tenn., and a $150,000 cigar and tobacco manufact uring company at Port Tampa, Fla. The Campbell Lumber Cos., capital, $25,000,has been chartered at Temple, Texas, and other woodworking plants will he established at Ball Play, Ala., Fulton, Ark., Pensacola,Fla.,Ashland, Ivy., and Harrisburg, Ark.—-Trades man (Chattanooga, Tenn.) THORN TRIAL RESUMED. The Great Interest Manifested by tlie Public Unabated. A New York dispatch says: Martin Thorn, indicted with Mrs. Augusta Nark for the murder of AVm. Guilden suppe, was again placed on trial Mnn day in the criminal branch .of the Queen’s county supreme court at Long Island City. Thorn’s first trial, which was begun two weeks ago was inter rupted, and had to be abandoned on account of Juror Larson becoming seriously ill. There was a repetition of the scenes which marked the opening of the first trial. The main floor and galleries of the courtroom were crowded with law yers, talesmen and reporters and news paper artists. Deputies were stationed at all entrances to the courtroom and no persons were allowed to enter with out a pass. PIONEER MERCHANT DIES. John By an, Sr , Was a Great Factor In the Upbuilding of Atlanta. John Byan, Sr., pioneer citizen and retired merchant of Atlanta, Ga., died at his residence in that city Monday morning. In his death Atlanta loses one of those staunch old citizens whose ener gy and industry, at the time when the place was little more than a village, resulted in the great city which is now known as the Gate City of the south. It was the industrious exam ple of these pioneers which has been followed by their successors that has won for Atlanta her reputation for en ergy. They laid the foundation of the city which has risen from the ashes of Marthasville. FEVER AMONG SOLDIERS. Three Privates at Fort Baraneas Are Down With Yellow Jack. A special from Pensacola, Fla.,says: Three privates in the first artillery are now in the hospital at Fort Baraneas with yellow fever. Trained nurses have been sent from Pensacola to at tend them and they are all reported to be doing nicely. The opinion i* gaining ground that the present infection originated at the fort from the tearing down during the past summer of the old hospital in which many yellow fever parents were treated years ago. WHY DOORS WERE NAILED. A Snnsatton of Great Magnitude Crops Out In Savannah, Ga. A Savannah special says: The hot test kind of sensation has grown out of the action of the chief of the fi e department in nailing up the doors of the city exchange a few days ago. The fire commissioners investigated the matter, and the chief said that his reason for nailing up the doors was because the city section offices had been used at night by some of the city officials in the entertainment of their lady friends. This statement has cansed tremen dous excitement among municipal offi cials, and an investigation has been demanded. MUST RETURN TO GERMANY. Kmigrntion Commissioner T. V. Powderly Passe* on the Alien Stonecutter*. At Baltimore, Tuesday United States Immigration Commissioner Powderly investigated the case of the forty-eight stone cutters arrested in the Mississippi swamps, near Mem phis, last week by United States in spectors and who are detained under the alien labor contract law. He decided they should be returned to their native country, and they will be sent to Germany by the steamship Muenchen, which sails on Saturday. HONEST IMPORTATIONS WANTED. Government Appraisers Hard at Work Formulating Plans. The conference of government ap praisers and tobacco examiners from various parts of the United States called by Secretary of the Treasury Gage on the recommendation of Ap praiser Wakeman to enforce honest importations of tobacco by uniformity of classification, met again in New York Friday. After a two hours’ conference an adjournment was taken until Monday. TERMS I OFFERED HIIB A MONEY CONSIDERATION WAS IN THE BARGAIN. INSURGENTS REFUSE TO ACCEPT. Pando Commissioned Ry Blanco to Unary Out Program But Made Dismal Failure. A special of Monday from Havana, via Key West, says: General Pando, as recently cabled by the Associated Press, started by train from this city on Saturday last in order, according to official announcement, to take charge of the campaign against the insurgents. He was accompanied by his full stall’ and was escorted by u company of ar tillery. But it is stated on very good authority that General Pando has been commissioned by Marshal Blanco, the captain-general, to enter into com munication with the insurgent leaders with the view of arranging for peace. This statement is based on accurate knowledge of all the facts in tbe case. General Pando did not leave until he had taken steps calculated to further the object which Marshal Blanco basin view. General Pando, after a consul tation with the captain-general, first brought about the release from con finement of Damian Caballere, who has been confined on the Isle of Pines for some time past, for, it is alleged, acting as spy for the insurgents anil bringing about a disaster of the Span ish troops at Cacao. General Pando’s peace emissary was also furnished official documents em powering him to act for the Spanish commander, and from Manzanillo Caballere made his way secretly to the Jiguani hills, where General Babi has his headquarters. General Pando in structed Caballere to offer General Babi a high rank in the Spanish army and a large sum of money to be dis tributed among the other insurgent leaders of that part of Cuba and in ad dition a large amount of money for himself in the event of his succeeding in arranging terms for peace. Besides this, Caballere was instruct ed to inform the insurgent leaders that the Spanish authorities undertook to honestly establish the new autonomist regime if the leaders of the insurgents would accept the proposition made them. Although Caballere has not re turned from Santiago de Cuba, confi dential advices which have reached the Spanish officials at Havana seem to in dicate that Caballere has so far been unsuccessful. It is understood that General Babi has replied that he be lieves a successful ending of the war in favor of the insurgents is approach ing; that the Cubans with the aid of the United States will gain their inde pendence and that, therefore, he pre fers to continue fighting the Spaniauls till the final victory is won. Caballere also negotiated with Gen eral Duvalon, the French leader of the insurgents. There seems to be no in timation as to the result of Calmllere’s negotiations with General Duvalon, although it may be judged from the attitude assumed by General Babi that the peace negotiations are likely to fall flat in Santiago de Cuba. Insurgents Are Reluctant. In some quarters it is believed that the reluctance to accept the overtures of General Pando is due to the fact that the insurgents are anticipating some strong steps in their favor when the United States congress meets. It is generally admitted that Gene-al Pando is somewhat mortified with the non-success of his plans up to the present, and has so informed the three ex-insurgent leaders referred to. He directly gave them to understand that he was of the opinion that they w’ere opposed to the sovereignty of Spain over Cuba, and had no desire to assist the Spanish authorities in their efforts to bring about a peaceful settle ment of the troubles. The Cubans protested that they were sincere and repeated the excuses they had already made for their non-compliance with the requests of the Spanish general. The latter, although somewhat disap pointed, it is understood will continue his efforts to come to an understand ing with the insurgents, and the mili tary authorities believe that the best way to do this is to inflict on the en emy a signal defeat which General Paiulo hopes to accomplish. THANKFUL FOR DEATH SENTENCE. Cyrus Not Anxious To Die, But Wanted To Be Polite. In the superior court at Atlanta,Ga., Tuesday, Tom Cyrus,colored, was sen tenced by Judge Candler to die on the scaffold December 22. The prisoner received his sentence with a calmness that was amazing, and when his doom was pronounced he bowed and said: “Thank you.” It was the first time in the annals of Fulton county that a judge -was ever thanked for imposing the death pen alty. When asked by a reporter if he was really glad to die, Cyrus replied: “Oh, no, but I wanted to be polite to his honor.” HONORED namesake. People of Nashville Present Silver Service To Vessel Bearing City’* Name. The presentation of a handsome sil ver service on behalf, and in the name of the citizens of Nashville, Tenn., was made to the gunboat Nashville at the navy yard at Norfolk, Va., Monday morning. The ceremony took place on the main deck in the presence of the ship’s company. Commandant Far quhar and other officers of the yard, with a number of lady guests, wit nessed the presentation. NEGRO GAMBLERS KILLED. Row Over a Small Stake anti Pistols W’ere Used Freely. Negroes in the vicinity of Bates burg, Edgefield county, S. 0., had a bloody time Monday night during games of “skin,” the favorite gambling game in that section, where anything is bet from a copper to a watch, pistols being the favorite currency. Three men were killed and two others were wounded. Several arrests have been made.