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THE VIENNA PROGRESS
TERMS, $1. Per Annum.
Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.’
JNO. B. HOWELL, I
Lacy a. Morgan, f
VOL. XI., NO 42.
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1893.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
m NOTES.
Interest Gathered at Random
loin All Orer the State.
frgin is growing to be the grent-
Fiiit stnte in the country. Won-
[ul progress has been made in the
liree or four years, and the pace
t id. Houston county is the ce»-
development.
The Arden Case.
I " ill be remembered that about
lays ago Judge Speer ordered the
Vi tatement of Engineer Dan Arden,
iho Central road, who was diseharg-
: for refusing to haul Sam cars when
ere was a strike on that rond. Judge
Ipeer’s order was directed to Receiver
>mer. The news comes from Savan-
lnnit that Engineer Arden is drawing
• nay but not doing any work. The
gannah it begins to look
Arden is going to have
doing nothing except
orting at fthe machinery department
ily, putting in regular hours with-
it labor and drawing $4.50 per day.
fiere seems, to be some rnisunderstand-
who should reinstate Mr.
|\rden to his engine. The master
eclianie is awaiting orders from the
1 superintendent, who claims to know
nothing about it. Receiver Comer
will probably give definite instructions
in the matter nt an early day, The
jff the court has put Mr. Arden
company’s payroll since April
fad it is not probable that he
bo kept drawing pay without
brk.
was last year. There is an increase of
3 per cent in the acreage of corn, and
0 per cent in wheat over last year.
Fruit is doing well and the peach crop
will be large. Farm stock is in better
condition than at this time last year.
The supply of stock hogs is larger
than in 1892. The farmers have a full
supply of corn and wheat and in some
counties they have corn to sell. Plan
ters have more provisions on hand
than last year. They have more sup
plies on hand than usual at this seas
on. Labor is not scarce, and the far
mers generally can secure all they
need.
Tlio Red wine Cusp.
From all that can he learned from
Ihstriet Attorney James it would seem
■hat Lewis It'd wine will not be put on
Irial before the fall term of the United
Mates court. The calendar for the
[March term of court, beginning May
JiOth, hnH been completed and there arc
many criminal cases that need atten
tion very badly, but the case of the
United States against Lewis Redwine
lloes not appear. Judge Newman and
liis assistants will very probably go to
polumbus during the month of June
.disposal—of "Irasiness in that
court will take a week more, and court
will probably adjourn by the 1st of
July, as this has been Judge Newman’s
habit for several years.
I In regard to the liquidation of the
Gate City bank there is some very in
teresting news. The $160,000 will be
paid in a few days, and was borrowed
in New York. As yet there are certain
details in connection with the sale of
tlie property to be gone through with,
but there is not the least chance of the
sale dropping through or being called
oil', unless there should be some very
serious flaw in the titles. The titles
.are now being, examined by Captain
t JipAsori, who is acting ns the
for the jmrehasers of the
building. As soon as tlie money
purchase of the bank is paid in
UlM' bank force, with the exception
[of tMe defaulting cashier, will return
rto tfieir posts and the doors of the
| baiyk will be thrown open to the de
positors for the first time since the
21st of February, over ten weeks hav
ing elapsed since the bank was thrown
under by Redwine’s defalcation.
President Waddell Talk* of the Fair.
President Waddell, of the Georgia
State Agricultural society, speaks en
thusiastically about the state fair to
be held in Augusta next fall, and says
the indications are that it will he
great success in every way. The
liibition is styled “the Georgia State
fair at the Augusta exposition. ” Thus
the identity of both concerns is pre
served. When the name of the exhi-
tion was recently under discussion the
management did not exactly know
what to call it. The officers of the
agricultural society did not wish for it
to lose its identity, and the exposition
company wished its identity retained.
Various suggestions were made. It
was suggested that the exposition he
called “the Georgia state fair and Au
gu6ta exposition,” but this and other
suggestions were rejected. Finally
President Pat Walsh, of the exposi
"lion company, suggested that it bo
called “the Georgia State fair at the
Augusta exposition.” President Wad
dell, of the agricultural society, ac
cepted this suggestion, and such will
be the technical name of the exhibi
tion.
President Waddell stated that the
premium list would soon be issued.
There will be some changes from the
list of last year. He states that the
contest between counties for tlie^best
display will lie spirited and highly in
teresting. Bartow, Sumter and Tal
hot counties have already given notice
that they will enter for the best dis
play. Numerous other counties are
expected to enter. The first prize at
the state fair last year for the best
county display was $1,000. Last year
$100 was given to each county exhibit
ing which did not win one of the reg
ular premiums. This year, so Presi
dent Waddell says, $150 will be given
to each county which does not obtain
a prize.
cussing this question with an old friend
of mine I suggested that it was possi
ble, by a proper policy, to increase the
value of much land iu our state to $50
per acre. Tlie old gentleman straight
ened himself and exclaimed most ear
nestly that if his land was ever worth
$50 per acre, it would ruin him to pay
the tax. He owned about one thou
sand acres, valued at $2 per acre. I
trust that some of the land companies
of the state and those interested in the
fruit growing sections, will furnish the
information asked for,as there is noth
ing in this department to supply the
inquirers. ”
Governor Northen favored the pub
lication of a pamphlet, and the subject
was discussed some last fall, but noth
ing was done by the legislature. An
elaborate book is not needed, but
something concise would give the in
formation desired and bring to the
state in a year a hundred times as
much capital as the publication would
cost.
THROUGHOUT THE SOOTH.
A Committee of Iteceiulon.
A committee of well-known citizens
’ins been appointed to meet the body
f Mr. Davis, in addition to the other
rganizations, when it arrives iu At-
inta on the 29th of the month.. The
fluty of the committee will be to meet
jhe casket and also, in the name of the
pity, to extend its care and hospitality
Jo the members of the family who will
ci-ompany the body to Richmond. It
s likely that the whole family will ac-
•ompany the body, and the citizens of
Atlanta will have the pleasure of see-
S ng Mrs. Davis and also Miss Winnie
finis, the daughter of the confed
eracy. Every military company in
I he state, all of the county, state and
I city officials, and all associations of
j ueterans have been invited to partici
pate in the solemn pageant that will
•ompany the body to the capitol,
iere it will remain in state for sev-
al hours. The following report of
he committee in charge of the
arrangements lias been submitted :
OoKFEDEBATE VETERANS 1 ASSOCIATION.—The
miuiltea of arrangements of the Fulton
Confederate Veterans’ Association for
the roeep'ion of (ho hodj- of Pre-ident Davis,
pee!fully invites the governor, the judges of
supreme, superior, county and city courts,
mayor and gcutral council, other state,
county and city oftieia's, the military iu and
out of the city. Lod es’ Memorial Association,
all confederate vetoranV associations, sms of
onfederatc veterans and confederate veterans,
all other organizations and citizens -generally,
to join in the procession on the afternoon of
'to-SD It invent.
---- t 0 participate will
School .Statistics.
The private schools are disappearing
from the state and the public schools
are reaching the masses, says Captain
S. D. Bradwell, state school commis
sioner, He is getting returns every
day from the census takers over Geor
gia and the statistics are interesting
and valuable. This school census em
braces not only the number of children
of school age in the state, but it is
complete roster of them, giving their
names and ages and the time they
have spent at school in the past three
years and the character of the school
they have attended.
“We have very few children now
above the age of ten who cannot read
and write” said Captain Bradwell.
“Georgia has made wonderful progress
from illiteracy iu the last twenty years
and the greatest advances have been
made within the last decade. Blacks
as well as whites have derived general
benefit from the public school system.
In former days when the private school
system was iu vogue, a large proportion
of the children, whites and blacks, did
not get any schooling. Now every
child in the state gets some schooling
some time within a period of three
years. All the children do not get to
school every year, but they have a
chance some time during a period of
three years. The supplanting of the
private schools by the public school
means a great deal to the children and
the cause of education. It is gratify
ing to see the public system extend to
the masses as it is doing.”
The census statistics show the num
ber of deaf and dumb children, the
number of blind and idiotic in each
county and is very thorough. The
census is taken through the county
boards of education. Each enumera
tor is entitled to $2 a day while actual
ly engaged in taking the census. The
next apportionment of the school fund
will he made on this census.
Why Pork is IliRh.
Housekeepers have noticed that
their grocery bills have been larger
the last month or two than formerly.
The increase has been on pork and
lard. The common explanation given
by grocers when an article goes up is
that the crop is short. For instance
the sugar crop is always short about
the canning season. Housewives have
observed that each summer. The hog
crop really is short this year and the
prospect of lower prices is not bright.
One thing will bring the price of hog
products down and that is for the
south to go to raising its own hogs.
Statistics show that the west is not
raising any more pork now than for
years past. But nil the time the num
ber of pig eaters is increasing. There
are 11,000,000 more pig eaters in this
country than there were eight years
hack. Prices are just one-fourth high
er too than they were then.
For many years the crop of hogs
has kept pace with the corn crop.
There has been a relation between the
two crops. This varied some but it
was not large and generally speaking
there has been a certain number of
hogs to a hundred acres of corn year
after year. The corn area in the west
is standing still. Away up in the
northwest the farmers are wheat grow
ers and they do not raise hogs for the
packers. In the big bog states, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kan
sas and Nebraska, only three-quarters
of a million more hogs were raised this
year than in 1885, and the corn area is
three-quarters of a million acres more
than in 1885. This is a small differ
ence and doesn’t figure considerably.
So neither the corn crop nor the hog
product is going to increase in these
states. Both will be apt to stand
about where they are. Iowa, Kansas
and Nebraska are the only western
states where any material increase in
the swine supply seems probable, with
the exception of the southern states,
where the hog will flourish if attention
is given to him or if he gets half
showing. The rapid increase of the
urban population necessitates the in
creased production of dairy and market
vegetable products, and the pork crop
is shortened.
It is suggested seriously that if the
outhern states, and especially Geor
gia, would take to growing hogs, for
packing purposes, good money would
he made out of it. Here are the year
ly average export prices of pork run
ning back over a period of twenty-
three years: 1870, 15.4 cents; 1875,
12.1 cents; 1880, 6.9 cents; 1885, 8.6
cents; 1890, 7.4, and 1893, 10.3 cents.
So it appears that the price has in
creased considerably in the last thir
teen years. This increase has been
steady, and it is a guarantee that hog
growing will be profitable. Georgia
could well raise a • couple of million
hogs a year for packing. That would
require two and a half million acres
more to be planted in corn than the
farmers grow now. In the west corn
pays better fed to the hogs than sold
by the bushel. Georgia’s razorback
is not the packer’s ideal, but the breed
could be quickly changed. With the
increase in the number of hog eaters,
the market price of the hog must ad
vance unless more people go to rais
ing pork. The corn area cannot be
enlarged in the west to any extent,
lienee the south’s opportunity for a
profitable industry is all the better.—
Atlanta Constitution.
Notes of Her Progress and Prosperity
Briefly Epitomized
similar outrages in other counties
which he has referred to the district
attorney with the urgent recommend
ation that all possible steps be taken to
bring the culprits to justice.
And Important Happenings from Ray
Mo Day Tersely Told.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Fire at Savannah, Ga., Tuesday
morning destroyed the boathouse of
Major Wilkins, of Waynesboro, on
Hutchinson’s island, opposite the city,
together with his fine naptha launch
worth $3,000. Total loss about $5,000.
t The grand lodge of Odd Fellows, of
North Carolina, convened in annual
session in Raleigh, Tuesday. The or- I
der has gained largely during the year |
just ended. It has 102 subordinate
lodges and 4,200 members, a gain of
over 500.
Happenings from Day to Day in tlie
National Capital
CARLYLE HARRIS EXECUTED.
Case
Appointments in the Various Depart
ments—Other Notes of Interest.
A Raleigh, N. C., special of Tuesday
says: A great deal of rain has fallen
the past week all over North Carolina.
The larger streams are very high.
The Roanoke has broken the great
levees built by convicts at the state
farms and $15,000 of damage is
already done. Eight hundred feet of
levee is swept away.
A handsome granite monument
erected to the memory of the late
James Barren Hope, known as the poet
laureate of Virginia, was unveiled at
Norfolk, Ya., Thursday. The confed
erate camps of that section and the
typographical union attended in a
body. The monument was erected by
friends of the dead editor and poet.
The members of the National Repub
lican Leagne met in Louisville. Ky.,
Tuesday, in annual convention. Be
tween 2,500 and 3,000 republican vis
itors from all over the union were
present. The citizens, democratic and
republicans alike, threw open their
doors to bid them welcome, and the
freedom of the city was tendered them.
The executive committee of the peo
ple’s party met at Nashville, Tenn.,
Thursday and discussed the situation.
They decided that The Toiler should
be owned by the alliance and that the
financial question should be made the
one great issue of 1894. A general
discussion followed, in which opinions
were exchanged and the prospects of
the party talked of.
A Columbia dispatch of Thursday
says: The railroad board of equali
zation for South Carolina have made
assessments for the year. No material
change was made, although in some
instances there were slight reductions.
The railroads were notified to appear
in June and enter any protests they
might wish to make. It is not known
whether they will do anything but
simply trust to the decision of the
courts.
All or^an zTtibns deairin
port at once to General C. A. Evans, ct m-
mauiler and marshal af the day, who will ar
range for the formation.
XV. L. Calhoun, Chairman.
General C. A. Evans, the president
of the Fulton County Confederate
Veterans’ Association, will he in charge
of the parade, and the column as it
marches to the capitol will be one of
the most imposing ever seen in the
city. Quite a number of citizens wili
accompany the remains to Richmond
for tlie purpose cf witnessing the last
sad rites in the career of the hero of
the lost cause.
deorfiia’s Cotton Acreage.
The first crop report of the year to
iuclude an accurate estimate of the
cotton acreage is now being compiled
in the office of the commissioner of ag-
\ ficulture, Colonel Nesbit. This re-
Oort is made up from the information
;ent. in by 800 correspondents scatter
'd all over Georgia. This year’s cot
on acreage compared with au average
•ear ik 97 1-2. This is an increase of
p 1-2 Jer cent over last year. In some
Af tkeffcading cotton growing conn
Tf "special inquiries were sent out
and complete information was solici
ted on many, points. The condition
of tlie crop in south Georgia is fair,
hut in middle and north Georgia the
condition is not so good. The crop is
(- -.tie later this year than last in
' -n sections.
f mmercial fertilizers were used
naira extensively this spring thar. last
hilt quantities of phosphate took the
ply, of cotton seed, which was sold
off close during the winter. There is
He’ enough cotton seed Itfit in some
parts of. the state to replant with. The
er-uge. Of oafs is just about what it
Our Fruit and Mineral Lands.
Georgia’s fruit and mineral lands
are attracting attention from one side
of the country to tlie other. Inquiries
are coming every day ic.r information
concerning them. Most of these in
quiries come to the secretary of state,
A few days ago he General Phil Cook,
secretary of state, received a letter
from Ohio, and another from Idaho,
asking for informntion. D. O. Web
ster, a lawyer of Mt. Vernon, O., wrote
that a number of young men of his
city contemplate locating in the south
and he asked for nny reports which the
state may have on the fruit industry in
Georgia. He said his friends wanted
to get an idea of the field before they
came to make a personal investigation.
The other letter was dated at Camp
Lost River. Idaho. This correspond
ent wrote that he is a prospector, and
he wanted to know if there are moun
tain mineral lands in this state belong
ing to the state. He wished to know
about the terms and conditions given
to prospectors by the state for acquir
ing title.
“Similar letters are constantly re
ceived at my office,” said General
Cook, “and I am sorry to say there
not a single paper published by the
state for distribution giving any his
tory of its geologic formation, or of
its products of any kind. The state’s
"mines and mineral resources, its tim
ber, its water power, its products and
more recently, its fruit culture, its
ehureljes, schools and Tailway facilities
EIGHT-HOUR CELEBRATIONS.
Lon-
Great Annual Demonstration in
don by the Workingmen.
The annual eight-hour demonstra
tion of London workingmen was made
Sunday in Hyde park. The weathei
was fine and all the proceedings were
conducted with exceptional enthu
siasm. All the principal unions had
appointed delegates to take part in the
procession. These delegates met or
the Thames embankment, were formed
line and marched through
cheering crowds of laborers to
the park, where they were di
vided among the audiences at the
numerous speakers’ platforms. The
entire open space in the park was
filled with men and women. At twenty-
one plat "or is resolutions were passed
in favor of a legal eight-hour day for
every trade which voted for it. At
every meeting collections were taken
for the Hull strikers. The most nota
ble speech of the day was made by
John Burns. The eight-hour move-
men nt, he said, was making rapid
progress. The success of the eight-
hour bill for miners was an evidence
of progress as well as an evidence of
further success.
The calendar of the United States
district court at Atlanta for the March
term beginning May the 29th, has been
made up. The Redwine case does not
appear on it—the reason given at the
United States attorney’s office being
that the case will not be ready for trial
at that time. It begins to look now as
if this famous case will have to go over
until the fall term, unless it shall be
taken up as a special assignment some
time in the month of June.
The colored teachers of Georgia and
others interested in the education of
the negro children of the state will
meet in convention at Atlanta on the
20th of June. The educational con
vention will last three days, and be
largely attended. A number of lead
ing negroes from other states have been
invited to be present. The colored
press convention will also meet at that
time. They will be joined by repre
sentatives of negro papers from other
states.
The stockholders of the Georgia
railroad met in annunl session at Au
gusta Wednesday. The fifty-eighth
annual report was presented, showing
resources, liabilities, expenditures and
income of the road. The report was
accompanied by a full statement of the
business and expenses for the past
business year. The capital stock is
$4,200,000 and surplus $1,387,264.98.
The annual rental is $600,000, The
net earnings of the road for the past
nine monts were $280,367.68.
A Jackson, Miss., news special says:
Sheriff McNair arrived at 5 o’clock p.
m. Tuesday bringing the six white-
cops who were sentenced to the peni
tentiary for two years. They were at
once placed in the penitentiary, donned
the stripes and will be put to work at
once. About forty indictments have
been found against the parties who at
tempted to release the white caps and
bull-dozers. Quiet prevails at Brook-
haven, and the sheriff does not think
there will be any further resistance to
the law.
In the United States court at Charles
ton, S. C., Tuesday, argument was re
sumed in the Augusta and Knoxville
railroad case for the appointment of a
receiver. This case is merely a contin
uation of the proceedings instituted in
Georgia and South Carolina recently
which resulted in the making of J. H.
Averill receiver of the port Boyal and
Augusta railroad. It is generally be
lieved that the present suit will result
in transfering the receivership of the
Augusta and Knoxville railroad from
Mr. Comer to Colonel Averill.
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
Begun
the Do Bose Case by the
Tennessee Senate.
The Tennessee state senate, sitting
a court impeachment with Chief
are all inquired after by intelligent I Justice Benjamin J. Lea presiding,
people from the west who wish to move I met at Nashville Tuesday morning to
south. A "cheap handbook published try Judge Julius Dubose, of the Shelby
by the authority of the state for dis- I county criminal court upon the thirtv-
tribution among such inquirers would | six charges preferred by the house
do more to diffuse' a proper knowledge representatives. The greater part of
of the resources of the state among I the day’s two sessions was consumed
the people of distant states and bring J in reading the charges and the defend-
A Columbia, S. C., special of Tues
day says: "When Governor Tillman
read Solicitor Jervey’s latest letter
concerning the prosecution of the
Denmark lynchers he said that the
constitutionality o"f instruction to Mr.
Jervey was unnecessary of discussion,
but that if Mr. Jervey persisted in his
declination to obeying his instructions
he might find himself a subject for
impeachment. The governor said he
had ample law to uphold him, and
cited the order of Governor Jeter
directing Solicitor Cothron to prose
cute the Clisbv-Blnnd “ise •■>« Solici
tor Bonhom it as a relative of the de
ceased.
more immigrants into it than all the
agents that have ever been or will be
appointed by the state. Is it not
strange that the legislature com
posed entirely ~ of land owners
should persistently refuse to make
any appropriation for the publica
tion of Buch information? In dis-
ant’s reply thereto. General Chalm
ers, of counsel for the defense, said he
expected to prove, that not only lias not
a single impeachable article been pre
sented, but that as a question of law
the house has exceeded its authority-
in presenting the impeachment at all.
The trial will probably last several
weeks.
A Jackson, Miss., special of Monday
says: The United States grand jury
is now after the white caps among
whose crimes is that of driving settlers,
in all cases negroes, off their home
stead entries. It is said that sufficient
evidence has been obtained in several
eases to identify the guilty parties.
Some of the homesteaders driven off
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS.
The secretary of the navy has ap
pointed Medical Inspector J. Rufus
Tryon surgeon general of the navy to
si'cceed General John Mills Brown,
who retires.
Judge Lochran, the newly appointed
ci mmissioner of pensions, took formal
charge of his office Tuesday. The two
thousand clerks of the bureau formed
in line and each in turn was presented
to the new commissioner.
The following Georgia postmasters
were appointed Tuesday: Beach,Ware
county,W. C. Swain ; Sylvania, Screven
county, J. M. Bazmore"; Lyle, Wayne
county, R. J. Madray; Recovery, De
catur county, J. H. Emanuel; Vienna,
Dooly county, W. J. Harvard.
Ihe gold reserve, which has for the
past two weeks been below the limit,
was made intact by the west. Secre
tary Carlisle accepted the gold offered
from St. Louis, $2,000,000, which,
with the gold in the treasury, makes
the total $100,196,000, or $196,000
free gold.
As a result of the discussion in the
cabinet Tuesday of the serious condi
tion of affairs existing in Nicaragua,
arising out of their revolution, the
United States war steamship, Atlanta,
Captain Higgins, has been ordered to
proceed immediately to Grevtown on
the East coast of Nicaragua to protect
American interests in that country, es
pecially in connection with the work
on the canal.
The following Georgia postmasters
were appointed Thursday: Butler,
Taylor county, Sarah L. Neisler, vice
Mary E. Wallace, removed; Conyers,
Rockdale county, G. W. Weaver, vice
J. T. Adair, removed; Oglethorpe,
Macon county, Nettie Gilmore, vice
Sallie Oliver, removed; Seville, Wil
cox county, G. W. Brown, vice J. W.
Stevens, resigned; Wellston, Houston
county, G. W. Watson, vice H. S.
Teagin, removed.
The president announced the follow
ing appointments Monday: H. W.
Smith, of Utah, associate justice of the
supreme conrt of the territory of Utah;
Everett E. Ellinwood, of Arizona, at
torney of the United States for the
territory of Arizona. Marshals of the
United States—John S. McNeilly, of
Mississippi, for the southern district
of Mississippi; Nat M. Brigham, of
Utah, for the territory of Utah; Wil
liam K. Meade,of Arizona, for the ter
ritory of Arizona.
On Wednesday the president ap
pointed Frank H. Jones, of Springfield,
111., first assistant postmaster general,
vice H. Clay Evans resigned; Stephen
P. Condon, of Tennessee, to be mar
shal of the United States for the east
ern district of Tennessee; Edward C.
Russell, of Oregon, to be appraiser of
merchandise, district of Willidmette
in the states of Oregon and Washing
ton ; Erastus D. Fenner, of Louisana,
to he special examiner of drugs, medi
cines and chemicals in the district of
New Orleans; Edwin Myers Gilkson,
of West Virginia, to be collector of
internal revenue for the district of
West Virginia.
The announcement has been made
at the state department that Mr.
Blount will act as minister to Hawaii.
This, however, does not mean that Mr.
Blount is to hold the office throughout
the term of the present administra
tion. He would probably not accejit
it under those considerations, but he
will remain there until the present
complications have been settled. It
was decided at the cabinet meeting
Wednesday that it would be best to
make Mr. Blount minister in order
that he could better handle the ques
tions with which he must deal in Ha
waii. He will, therefore, be required
to accept the place just vacated by
Minister Stevens until the complica
tions have been smoothed out.
Secretary Herbert has authorized
the statement that he will decline to
extend the leaves of absence of any
officer of the navy who is engaged in
private business. He will not inter
fere with the orders of his predeces
sors, but will grant no new leaves of
this kind, and will call in all those al
ready granted at the expiration of the
terms assigned them. - The secretary
says that he does not think it right
that an officer educated by the govern
ment should be permitted for his own
private advantage to utilize his knowl
edge and experience against the gov
ernment, and at the same time to re
main on its pay roll. This decision
refers to officers on leave who are em
ployed by private firms, those on lect
uring tours and those employed in
private capacities at the world’s fair.
End of a Most Unnsual Murder
at New York.
Carlyle W. Harris was executed by-
electricity in the death house of the
prison at Sing Sing, N. A"., at 12.40
o’clock Monday afternoon. The exe
cution was a i>erfeet success.
The death warrant was formally
read to Harris at 8.30. He displayed
indifference and its rending did not
noticeably affect him. He showed no
signs of breaking down and appeared
cheerful after the reading of ihe death
warrant. At 11 o’clock the witness
assembled in the warden’s office.
There were twenty-seven—seven phy
sicians and twenty newspaper men,
state officials and friends of the warden.
Warden Durstin, at 12.16, announced
that everything was ready, and invited
the witnesses down stairs.
Harris was brought in looking pale.
He paused an instant on the threshold
and looked over the assembled wit
nesses. He walked entirely alone, and
when the guard pointed to the chair,
without even a look of curiosity at the
thing which was to end his career, he
dropped into the seat. As he did so
he said he had a word to say if the
warden would permit. The warden
asked what he wished to say. Harris,
in a weak voice, as though each word
cost him a powerful effort, sjjid: “I
have no further reservation to make.
I desire to say that I am absolutely in
nocent.” n ’hese were his last words.
After uttering ilmm he seemed reliev
ed and settled back in the chair to
which his legs had already been strap
ped by the two guards. The electrode
was placed on his head and the wires
attached to the two electrodes.
There was an instant’s i/anse, while
every man in the room held his breath.
A sharp click from the lever, and the
form in the chair straightened up till
the straps creaked, and the death deal
ing current of 1,760 volts passed
through the body of Carlyle W. Har
ris.
at the time of my wife’s death I desired mar
riage wiih some other woman. Sacha person
has never been found, nor does she exi.-t.
It has been reported in ihe nave-papers that
during my stay hero in Sing sing I have
so ffed at the devotions of my fellow prisoners
and indulge! in irreverent j >kcs. This is cruelly
false. I still enjoy the hop's of my childhood's
faith and believe that I shall no: be nrsjadged
through all eternity.
No one bad so many reasons—all sentiment
or love aride—for dcsiriDg my wire to live as I
bail. She would have brought mo money and
E roftBdoual i access; she would have graced my
(
ome, and had I known of her sad liabit
would htfve been my happiness to shield and
cure her. I have now to die. The manner of
my death is of small moment to me- I have
waited patiently eo long as there was the re
motest c-ance of obtaining justice, refusing to
run away even nnder sentence of death.
Stay God iir His mercy bless and guard those
I leave behind and give ihoui peace.
And now, face to facs wi'h the greatest mys
tery known to man—knowing that no conceal
ment or nntruth cut mitigate my end—
I do solemnly d< clare that I ain inno
cent of the crime for which I am condemned
to die.
I beg that those who think or speak or write
of me in years to come wi 1 do so as kindly as
they can. not forgetting that, when ranch proof
of my innocenco was found, it was inhumanely
thrust aside.
This statement to be copied for publication
and the original given to my mother.
Carlyle W. Hareis.
Sine Sing. May 6. 1493.
WORLD’S FAIR BANK CLOSED.
THE FLEET DISBANDING.
The Naval Review YVar Vessels Leave
New York Harbor.
The first break in the naval fleet oc
curred at New York harbor Wednesday
morning when the British flagship
Blake and her associates, the Mage-
cienne and the Tartar hoisted their
anchors out of the North river and
steamed through the Narrows for Ber
muda, whence, after a ten days’ stay,
the three vessels will proceed to Hali
fax. The Australia, on account of her
being put out of commission in a
couple of months, goes straight to the
latter port. A few hours after
the departure of the Britishers the
grim Jean Bart started for the French
port of Rochefort. Another . loss to
the line will be the caravels, which
start for the world’s fair at Chicago.
The tiny Pinta will be towed to Hali
fax by the United States steamer Chi
cago, and the Nina by the Bennington.
The Santa Maria will attempt to carry
THE CRIME OP HARRIS.
Mary Helen Neilson Potts was a
beautiful girl of seventeen years, re
siding with her parents, who were peo
ple of wealth, at Ashburry Park, New
York city. At the time of her death
she was attending the Comstock Fin
ishing school, on Forty-first street.
She was considered the belle of the
school, and had that light heart and
charming nature which won the affect
ion of teachers and schoolmates alike.
On Saturday night, January 31, 1891,
she was invited to attend an ovening
concert, to which other scholars in
tended going. She agreed to make
one of the party, but at dinner time
complained that she was so tired that
she thought she would go to her room
and rest rather than accompany the
others. She kissed them all good
night, and that was the last time any
of them saw her again clothed in her
right mind.
BEAUTIFUL DREAMS.
At 10:30 p. m., two of the girls,
who occupied the same room with Miss
Potts, returned from the concert and,
bursting into the room, aroused the
sleepy Helen from what they thought
was a deep sleep to tell her of the good
time they had enjoyed. She aroused
herself drowsily from her sleep, and
stretched forth her hand as if still in
the land of dreams, said to them:
“Oh, I have had such beautiful
dreams! such beautiful dreams! I could
dream on forever!” Then she sank
back upon her pillow and let her eyes
close slowly, dropping again into the
blissful dreams of death. Her
companions gave her a good night
kiss and gently folded the arm extend
ed over the edge of the bed, and then
proceeded to prepare for bed. It was
half an hour before they were ready to
turn off the light, and just as the room
was plunged in darkness they were
startled by moans, which came
from the corner where Helen’s bed
was. A light was struck, and the two
frightened girls bent over their com
panion’s flushed face. She was toss
ing on her pillow and nervously fin
gering the lace edges like one who is
preparing for death. Thoroughly
frightened, the girls rushed down the
hall to where Miss Day, the principal,
slept and aroused her. Miss Day im
mediately rang for messengers, and in
a short time three physicians, Drs.
Fowler, Baur and Kerr, were striving
with all their skill and might to save the
oung life. For eleven hours they
worked upon the dying girl, while her
companions looked on with frightened
looks and streaming eyes, but to no
purpose, as the rosy cheeks paled into
gray, and finally took on the grim,
blue tinge with eyes that shrunk into
the head as if the child had suddenly
added a century to her age; at last
they gave up in despair and sadly
watched her pass away into the sleep
that knows no awakening.
The suspicion that Harris had killed
the girl did not arise immediately,
their relations being unknown at the
time. The fact soon developed that
they had become secretly married,
that Harris had grown weary of her,
and being a medical student with some
knowledge of drugs had administered
poison to her under the pretense that
it was a harmless medicine.
The Chemical National Bank of Chi
cago Goes Under.
The doors of the Chemical National
bank at Chicago did not open for bus
iness Tuesday morning. This notice
was posted on the door of the bank:
“The business of the Chemical Na
tional bank of Chicago is suspended,
and I am in possession in the interest
of the comptroller of currency.
Jas. D. Sturoiss,
“National Bank Examiner.”
THE BRANCH OF THE LIVY AT THE EXPO
SITION GOES UNDER.
A special from the World’s Fair
Grounds, Chicago, says: Among the
exhibits at the exposition Tuesday was
a national bank nnder suspension.
The exhibits was not an attractive or
pleasing one in the eyes of the for
eigners who had money on deposit,
but the fears of not getting it back
are unfounded.
The World's Fair branch of the
Chemical National bank of Chicago,
now in the hands of Uncle Sam, usu
ally opened its doors on the second
floor of pavilion D, the administration
building at 9 o’clock. At 9 :25 came
telephone message from Cashier Baden
at the down-town office of the sus
pended bank, to close the doors of the
exposition branch.
This was done and soon there was
line of anxious, complaining deposi
tors, some representing themselves,
while others represented states or con
cerns. They wanted to get in close to
the paying teller’s window, but he
talked to those who understood Eng
lish in a reassuring way and some went
away.
The paying teller said he would
have paid the checks presented before
the doors were closed, but he had not
the combination to the vault. Treas
urer Seaberger, of the exposition, was
an early caller.
He said he had a small account with
the bank, but was confident every de
positor would be paid in full and
quickly.
THE QUESTION OF A SUCCESSOR.
The question of a successor to the
Chemical national bank at the fair is
one to be decided by the directory at
its next meeting. The U. S. govern
ment and national commission of Mis
souri have money in the bank.
The Chemical National hank paid
$10,000 for the privilege of doing bus
iness in the world’s fair grounds, and
has always done a good business. The
troubles of the bank people will begin
when the foreigners from the midway
Plaissance villages, who speak little or
no English and have excitable natures,
learn of the suspension. The bank has
a good deal of their money in large and
small accounts, and depositors will
want it back in a hurry.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
Tlie News or tlie World Condensed Into
Ply and Pointed Paragraphs.
Interesting and Instructive to Ail
Classes of Readers.
KAISER WILLIAM TALKS.
T . , . , ,, _ i her lumbering and odd-shaped hull bv ;
esi e m meoln county, the seat J means of her own canvas. From Hali- j u.euace toth - . _ __
the recem uprising and it is known , f tt calavels wii i proceed through j ° «• hs gotten and their
tho* , 1 - e ■»!-- '— r ° I afiain may ga on as before.
CAF.LTLE HARRIS STATEMENT.
The remains of Carlyle Harris were
buried in the Rural cemetery at Albany,
N. Y., Tuesday afternoon. The lot
was purchased several days ago, but by
whom it could not be ascertained.
After the burial Harris’s last statement
sent by the warden to—the prison de
partment of the state was given out.
Harris in this, his last writing, opened
with a reference to the review of his
case by the governor. Harris canvas
ses the review, refers to his giving
himself up when he learned of a war
rant for his arrest, recurs to his re
fusal of proffered means of escape from
Sing Sing and then says :
So, hi ay ;s Uia - , in a case whrre so many
facts end the entire behavior cf tie defendant
all invite t-xectnve demenev, together with
the petition of over 50,000 ciiize: s, among
them many who arc prominent in the nation
and state, snch ciemener should be denied?
Because the action of the court wjs not jus
tified by th-facts iu the ease, and hence pub
lic outcry must be sic need up by a seeming
justification of the court oot-ide cf tlie fac s.
■vhen there was no doubt of gni.t Governor
Flower h e not hesitate 1 to interfere, as in the
■•a*c of Jam s Mraiangli. : !x>nt a year ago.
but in that c-Sj lb - be:- juatifii'd the court,
and th re \va- n llecorder Smyttk clamoring
to bj uphel
Carl. In Ilarr.r. living, would b - a daily
ateerof Sun h, Weiintau end
that the new registrar of the land I m , t ltd. ,t“. t turaus may go on as oerore.
office at Jackson Jias been notified ^' tinatfon lt ChiSgo^ ^ ^ 1 ‘ Tner, w an idw n> the minds of many tbatj
An Address to the Army Which Caused
a Profound Sensation.
A special from Berlin, Germany,
says: While reviewing the troops in
the field at Tempelhofer Tuesday the
German emperor ordered the principal
officers of the imperial guard to gath
er around him and addressed them as
follows:
“ I have been seriously disappoint
ed in the patriotism of the late reich-
tag. I hope the coming reichtag will
adopt the military bill, but if the com
ing reichtag should refuse to adopt it,
I am determined to carry the bill into ef
fect, despite the unpatriotic opposition.
I know myself that lam alone with the
federated princes and the people.”
The speech of the emperor is causing
enormous excitement among the people.
It appears in the North German
Universal Gazette in double-leaded
prominence. Those who heard the
emperor speak say that he spoke with
unusual emphasis, pausing at every
word in order to convey the sense of
his determination to abide by his de
claration. There is a profound and
widespread impression that the em
peror would not hesitate to risk a con
flict with the new reichstag should it
prove hostile to the bill. The em
peror’s concluding words in addressing
his officers were :
“I felt the necessity to tell you can
didly my decision as I told you my
hopes when the bill was first pro
posed.”
The officers who heard the emperor’s
words maintained absolute silence, al
though evidently in deep sympathy
with the kaiser’s views. Leading men
in German politics who have heard of
the emperor’s speech now consider
that he has embarked on a policy of
Prussian high toryism, and that the
chances of the freissinnage party to
bring about a moderate liberal era
have vanished.
Mrs. Elise Depew, wife of Chauncey
M. Depew, died at her residence in
New York city at 12:30 o’clock Sunday
afternoon.
The prominent firm of Brueder &
Wolff, manufacturers of carpets, at
Vienna, Austria, have failed. The lia
bilities are stated to be 1,000,000
florins.
The New York Central’s new engine,
No. 999, in a run Wednesday between
Rochester and Buffalo, N. Y., made a
mile in thirty-two seconds, equal to
112 1-2 miles an hour.
The Chicago city council Monday
night passed unanimously a resolution
declaring for an open Sunday at the
world’s fair grounds, and, as represen
tatives of $5,000,000 worth of stock in
the world’s Columbian exposition,
criticised the financial management
which closes the cates one day out of
seven.
The train and power house of the
Grand View Beach road at Rochester,
N. Y., which runs along the lake shore
for several miles, was burned to the
ground Thursday morning. Thirteen
out of fourteen cars, 500 tons of coal,
all tools and appliances destroyed.
Loss, sixty thousand, covered by in
surance.
Judge William L. Niblack died at
his residence in Indianapolis, Sunday,
aged seventy-one years. Judge Nib-
iack served fourteen years in congress
and twelve years on the supreme
bench, where his decisions attracted
the attention of the bench, and bar of
the whole country for their clearness, - "
conciseness and strength.
General Manuel Gonzales, ex-presi
dent of the republic of Mexico and
governor of the state of Guanajuato,
died Monday afternoon. He was born
near Matamoras, in Tamaulipas, in
1820. He was the possessor of great
personal courage, which was largely
instrumental in securing him a consid
erable following. He was president
fro*u 1880 to 1884.
Lieutenant R. T. Peary left Phila
delphia Sunday for St. Jones, N. F.,
to complete his arrangements for the
vessel to take the exploring party to
Melville bay. The party will be com
posed of ten, seven of whom have
already been chosen, and the route
will be the same as that followed by
the way of New Foundland, Baffins
bay and Whale Island.
A Melbourne, Australia, special
says: The bank of Victoria, limited,
has suspended. According to the bal
ance sheet last December, the deposits
amounted to over seven million
pounds. The failure is of great im
portance. The bank had several
branches, and its London office was at
No. 28 Clements Lane, E. C. The
subscribed capital of the bank of Vic
toria was one million two hundred
thousand pounds. The liabilities are
about double that amount.
The village of North Galveston, ten
miles northwest of Warsaw, Ind., was
totally destroyed by fire Tuesday.
The residence of J. J. Jackson, among
others, was consumed, and the entire
family, consisting of himself, wife,
two sons and a daughter, perished in
the flames. Several .other families
were badly burned. Many families
lost their entire earthly possessions,
and made their escape clad only in
night clothes. Loss, $75,000.
A south-hound freight train on the
Ohio River railroad went off the track
at Walker’s, twelve miles south of
Parker.si mrg, W. Va., Thursday morn
ing, falling thirty-five feet. Fire com
municated with oil from the freight
cars, burning five of the cars, caboose
and two enrs of general merchandise.
Two men were killed, one being burned
until he was unrecognizable. Another
was fatally injured. Conductor George
Ernest was badly injured.
A special dispatch of Thursday from
Detroit, Mich., says that one-half of
Spring Lake, a village two miles above
Grand Haven, has been destroyed by
fire. The village has five churches, a
graded public school, a library, three
hotels and several sawmills. For the
second time within five years the town
has had a terrible visitation from fire.
Eighty families are homeless. The loss
will foot up to $160,000. Amount of
insurance is not known.
A Chicago dispatch of Wednesday
says: Vermont’s day at the world’s
fair grounds was a glorious one. The
dedication of the Green Mountain
State building was the feature of the
day, and fully 1,000 persons assembled
to participate in the exercises. The
delegation, which come from the vari
ous cities of Vermont, was headed by
Governor Fuller. The governor was
accompanied by a host of state and
ex-state officers, among them being
ex-Governor Dillingham’, ex-Governor
Farnham, ex-Governor Pingree, Lieu
tenant Governor Strandhan, ex-Lieu-
tenant Governor Woodbury and a
number of others.
The “Deacon” Paying Up.
A New York dispatch says: S. V.
White, whose failure was recently an
nounced at the 6tock exchange, sent
the following communication to the
president of the exchange Monday:
“Please announce to the members of
the exchange that I have collected
from brokers in the exchange who are
doing business for me sufficient bal
ances that I am able to pay the 25 per
cent of my adjusted differences to
members who are my creditors. If
they send statements to my office to
morrow morning I will send checks as
above.’*
Specie Movements.
The imports of specie at the port of
New York for the past week were
$42,411, of which $33,265 were gold
and $9,146 eilver. The exports of
specie from the port of New York for
the week $1,237,471,of which $528,184
was gold and $709,287 silver. Of this
amount $508,102 gold, and $686,698,
silver, went to Europe, and $20,082
gold, and $22,589 silver went to South
America
John J. Matner, an old resident oi
Ironton, Ohio, was drowned in the back-
water in Storm’s creek a few days ago,
having accidentally fallen into the water.
His fate was not positively known till
the finding of his hat on the bank set
searchers to work who found his body.
After dragging iu vain for many hours,
peculiar plan was resorted to locate
the body. * A shirt lately worn by the
man, and which had not been washed,
was placed in the creek. It floated at
the surface for seventy-five feet or more,
then suddenly sank. At the spot wheie
the shirt disappeared hooks were lowered
and there the body was found ana
brought forth.