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VOLUME XX.
A i. PIl 1 NGTI M E IDYL,
r. e bluebirds they' are calling,
The robin plumes his wing,
Tiif* snow-born streams are falling
Upon the feet of spring.
King sweet, oh Southland,
King soft, oh Southland,
O’er hamlet, farm and town;
Invade Ul3 Northland,
burnt un 1 the Northland,
And pull that snowbank down.
The wee frogs wake from sleeping,
They're getting out of bed;
And thro’ the cold turf peeping
The crocus shows her heal.
Arise, oh Southland,
Blow soft, oh Southland,
O’er dingle, dell an l down;
01 o flood the Northland,
Dissolve the Northland,
And pull that snowbank down.
Jo sound the cow-bell lou Uy;
Wake feather, fur and tin.
My brothers, see how proully
The splendid spring co nos in.
Ali hail, oh Southland,
Come soon, oh Southland,
And green the hills of brown;
Invade the Northland,
bo smite the Northland,
Vid pull that snowbank down.
—Dundas (Can ada) Banner*
TOLD IN THE TWILIGHT.
UY BELLE MOSES.
around Briar
\ 'V> Lodge the snow
life ltt y heaped, deeper
> there than about
• the other villas,
‘ 4 : which were built on
yfP elevated ground,
while Briar Lodge
-* nestled in a hollow.
But if the two inmates of this abode
were sn< v-bound, that fact troubled
them little. They were all in all to each
other, this mother and daughter, whose
kingdom was their home, so they could
afford to laugh at the vagaries of the
weather.
They were very companionable; for
whether through the influence of Mil
dred V icars s healthful flow of spirits, or
the still unquenched lire of the mother’s
youth, the years had passed lightly over
the older woman’s head. Her figure
still retained its graceful outlines, her
soft skin was uuvvrinkled, her glossy
black hair scarcely showed a silver thread.
A woman, one could see, who had care
fully husbanded the best years of her
I be, so now at the harvest-time there
were no disappointing tares among the
golden grain. The mother was ia the
fullness and perfection of maturity, and
the daughter in that sweet first glow of
youth—fair of face and joyous by nature
as a girl of niueteeu should be.
Briar Lodge was a fitting bower for
two such charming women. It was the
home of Mrs. Vicars’s girlhood, where, ns
Madeline Hunt, she hacl made it the
most attractive place on the hillside.
Ihe Prince came at last, invaded
Briar Lodge and took Madeline captive;
but he died in the flush of happiness.
Little Mildred gave warmth to her
mother’s life, urging her to cast off the
blighting influence of her sorrow; and
Madeline s nature blossomed afresh, all
the better and stronger for its crucial
test. Though many of the old suitors
agaiu surrounded her, the beautiful
lonely woman Only twined her affections
more closely about her little daughter.
After a longer slay than usual, the
snow was beginning to melt, and one
bright afternoon MdJrcd Vicars armed
herself with a light snow shovel, an i
sallied forth to aid the sun in his work.
From beneath her jaunty seal-skin cap
her bright face glowed with the stirring
exercise, aud snatches of song rose to her
lips, floating on the clear thin air down
among the frozen hollows and out upon
the broad stretch of moorland. Her eyes
Averc often turned in this direction, until
a certain dark spot on the horizon took
a more defiuite shape. Then the color
deepened in her cheeks, aud she bent to
her voluntary labor as if her daily bread
depended upon it. Nearer aud nearer
came the hurrying figure of a youug man,
Avhosc steps were bearing directly down
upon Briar Lodge. Reaching the prickly
hedge he called softly, “Mildred 1 Mil
dred l”
The gill dropped her shovel and turned
quickly around, meeting a pair of ardent
eyes that caused her own to fali in some
confusion.
“I—l am glad to see you home, Her
bert. When did you arrh'e? As she
spoke she came slowly up to the hedge
that divided them-, and reached o\ T er her
little glov'ed hand in greetingtothe new
comer, Avho caught and kissed it passiou
atcly before he released it.
‘‘Didn’t you know I Avas comiDg to
day?” he asked reproachfully. “1 am
sure you expected me, Mildred. Auswer
me truly. I cannot believe that you
have forgotten.”
“Forgotten! oh, no!” returned Mil
dred qu.ckly. “I thought—l imagiued
—Avell if you must have it—l did look
lor you to-day.”
Herbert Overton’s face grew radiant.
“Have you no Avarmer welcome for
tne. May I not come in?” he asked af
ter a vain attempt to repossess himself
of her hand, across the intervening bar
tier.
“Yes,” she ventured slowly, “and—
and mother says you may stay to tea it
you like.”
There was a tremor in the soft voice;
hut Mildred shot a roguish look at him
from under her long lashes, and the
young man waited for no second bid
ding. Another moment and he was be
side her, grasping both hands, and try
ing to read the pretty downcast face.
“What am I to understand by this,
Mildred?” he demanded in a low, eager
tone.
She did not withdraw her hands, but
with an impulsive movement she nestled
closer to his side, and answered almost
in a whisper: “Whatever ycu wish, dear
Herbert.”
Then they lost sight of time and place,
and fell to planning their future, as only
happy lover* can.
Ipillfe Iff®?gk
Meanwhile, Mrs. Vicars sat alone with
her thoughts, marveliag as the short af
ternoon wore on, at the intricate weav
ing of circumstances which had brought
these young people together. She was
thankful that it was so, for it partly ef
faced an act of her own which had cost
her many a bitter pang of self-reproach.
She had once been engaged to Colonel
Overton, Herbert’s uncle and guardian;
but with the dawn of her love for Ashley
Vicars she felt that she could no longer
keep her promise. He released her—it
was all he could do—for her happiness
was his first thought. But from that
day he never set foot in Briar Lodge.
He spent a good deal of his time abroad,
superintending Herbert’s education, but
when his nephew determined to practice
law in the city, he took up his residence
once more in the old mansion on the
brow of the hill. He had never married.
He and Madeline met occasionally, but
beyond a grave bow on either side there
was no further intercourse.
The young people, however, made up
for their elders, and Madeline was glad
to see the feeling that had grown between
them. Not so the Colonel. He listened
quietly enough, when on his return that
evening Herbert asked his consent to a
speedy marriage with Mildred Vicars,
and an unwonted flush came to his hand
some face as he said:
“I am sorry for this, Herbert. Had
you confided to me sooner I might have
spared you much pain. Such a thing
cannot be thought of, and let me advise
you, my boy, to go back to the city.
The oniy hope for your peace of mind is
to root out this unfortunate love.”
Herbert looked flushed and indignant.
“I do not wish to root it out, ■uncle, you
do not know Mildred. She is truth and
sweetness itself.”
“The girl is like her mother,” {an
swered Colonel Overton; “she loves you
now—at least, she thinks she does; but
let a handsomer man appeal to her fancy,
and her over-tender conscience will
blight your happiness. Withdrew be
fore it was too late.
“It is too late now,” burst out Her
bert vehemently. “I cannot understand
your prejudice against Mildred.”
“I have no prejudice against the young
lady. Ido not know her,” answered the
Colonel. Then, after a pause, he con
tinued, “I am the last person to oppose a
true love match, Herbert; besides I
know that opposition only adds fuel to
the flame. But this much I ask of you
leave things as they are for awhile.
You are both young, and can wait. Go
back to the city and your work, and if
in the end I find that I can give my full
and free consent I will send for you.”
“Ye3—but—” began Herbert.
Colonel Overton smiled rather sadly as
he laid a hand on his nephew’s shoulder.
“I know what you would say, Herbert.
You age and quite your own mas
ter, fully capable of controlling your own
affairs; but I deserve frorft you some
slight consideration after years of faithful
guardianship. The same hot blood
flowed in my veins once that now courses
through yours, and I will not have its
warmth chilled if I can help it. Can you
trust me for awhile?”
There was a short struggle, than Her
bert held out his hand.
“I owe you too much, uncle, to refuse
such a request,” he said, in a trembling
voice.
Colonel Overton grasped the proffered
hand, then went slowly and thoughtfully
from the room.
Just at sunset the following day an
ther figure made its way across the
moorland toward Briar Lodge—a taller,
statelier figure than Herbert's. It was the
Colonel himself. It was over twenty
years since he had taken that walk, and
he hesitated now—almost afraid to stir
the slumbering passion of his youth. He
had fought a long, hard battle, and if he
had not been victorious, he had at least
retreated with flying colors. Why should
he jeopardize the little that remained of
his future for the sake of Herbert’s hap
piness? The thoughtless boy might be
grateful to him for an hour, and then he
would live his life alone; for Madeline's
daughter should not haunt him always
with her presence. That would be too
much. At fifty, wheu the sun of youth
is forever set, and the twilight shadows
creep on apace, he should have peace,
undisturbed by the gnawing of a pain
Avhich ho thought dead.
But as he strode along, his fine figure
alert with graceful, easy motion, and nn
eager look in his dark eyes, one might
almost have landed that the years which
had silvered bis hair had done no further
damage. And he was himself surprised
to find his heart beating with the old
impatient throb, as he traversed the well
remembered path.
The sun had vanished behind the hill,
leaving a misty pink trail, when at last
Colonel Overton passed up the pretty
walk which led to Briar Lodge.
How strangely familiar everything
looked without. The garden still pre
served the same trim aspect, but as he
was admitted he noticed at once the
subtle change that pervaded each nook
and corner.
A blazing log fire cast grotesque
lights over the room into whicn Colonel
Overton was ushered, and he stood on
the hearth preparing himself for an in
terview which would surely be a painful
one to both.
How would she meet him? With the
same unembarrassed coldness that had so
often wounded him? His conjectures
came to a sudden halt, for Madeline had
entered quietly, and now stood before
him with outstretched hand and a faint
smile hovering on lips which trembled
in spite of all her efforts. _
“You are welcome, Greville, she
said, using unconsciously the familial
name, and as the Colonel took her baud
and looked into the sweet, unaltered
face, he felt a strange, wild impulse to
take here in hir arms and forget the in
tervening years.
Somehow at the sight of him a crowd
of tender memories swept over the
sleeping heart of Madeline Vicars. A
feeling deeper than friendship made the
blood°mount slowly into her cheek. She
withdrew her hand from his grasp, and
said in a low. hurried voice. “I—l will
JACKSON. GA„ FRIDAY. MAY 20. 1892.
ring for lights. It is very gloomy here.**
“Oh, no,” answered the Colonel
quickly; “I will not detain ycu long.
Burely, after all these years, you cannot
deny me a few moments.’’
“I have never done that.”
“True,” he interrupted. “It was
voluntary banishment. I was afraid to
come here, Madeline. lam afraid to be
here now, but that necessity forces me.”
“You speak of the children?” she
questioned.
“I speak of your daughter and my
nephew, who have most unforlunately
formed an attachment for each other.”
“Unfortunately?”
“Yes, I say unfortunately, for you
know from experience how it may end.
I cannot allow Herbert’s life to be wasted
as mine was. He i* young, ambitious
and clever. I have great hopes of him.”
The tears slowly filled Mrs. Vickers’s
beautiful eyes. “You are hard,” she
murmured. “I thought—l thought—”
she paused. “Mildred’s happhess is
even dearer to me. She loves your
nephew truly, and perhaps, Greville,
their marriage may—may bridge over
the gulf between us. We may be friends
once more.”
She nervously clasped and unclasped
her hands, and Colonel Overton saw a
few bright tears trembling on her lashe3.
“You mean well, Madeline,” he an
swered quietly, “but though we are past
the turning point in our lives, the even
flow of friendship can never exist be
tween us. As for Mildred—she is young
—she has seen nothing of the world.
There may be some other who may touch
her heart more deeply—l have known
such cases—and then Herbert’s happiness
will be wrecked.”
Madeline was weeping bitterly; but
Colonel Overton continued. “I do not
mean to reproach you. Your course was
better than deception; but I will protect
Herbert to the best of my ability.”
“And Mildred—poor little Mildred—
is she to suffer too?”
Madeline rose from her chair, and
coming close to him laid a beseeching
hand upon his arm. The Colonel seized
it, and fixed his passionate,pleading eyes
upon her.
“Madeline, Madeline! you try me past
my strength. Did you think of my feel
ings when you told me the cruel truth
years ago, and now am I required to
make still greater sacrifices? Even if all
should turn out happily, do you think
that it would cause me no pang to see
Mildred—your very image—flitting about
the old place which has known no gentle
presence since you refused to enter it?
Would you force me into exile again?
Madeline, I am too old—leave me my
solitary hearth, where I may spend a few
peaceful twilight hours.”
“Mildred could make them much
happier for you,” pleaded Mildred’s
mother.
“Never!” he said with sudden fire.
“There is but one way of happiness for
all. lam mad to dream of such a thing,
for when I gave you up, Madeline, I
swore I would never approach you again.
I shall keep my vow. But, if you truly
wish to mend the breach between us,
then it is your place to seek me—not for
Mildred’s sake, nor Herbert’s, nor even
mine, but at the bidding of your own
heart and desire.”
He gently disengaged her clinging
hand, and left her to ponder his words.
So while Mildred sang in the joy of
her heart, Madeline went about her ac
customed duties, dazed and bewildered.
When the twilight came that meant so
much to her, she could bear it no longer;
she left the lovers to their dreams, and
scarcely giving herself time for thought,
she took her way across the moorland,
halting at last at the familiar gate. The
spirit of the place was dead—the serene
old gentlewoman who had brightened
the homestead for her children.
The front door stood ajar, so Made
line slipped in, and guided by old asso
ciations, found her way to the library.
This door was closed; she turned the
handle softly, aud entered unobserved
by the lonely occupant.
The room lay deep in shadow, -the
glow of the fire was subdued and fitful,
and the sight of the solitary man before
it, buried in his own thoughts, uncon
scious of her presence, touched the ten
derest chords of heart. She heard him
sigh once, as she moved silently toward
him in the gathering gloom. She paused
behind his chair, and summoning all her
courage, laid a timid hand upon hia
head.
“Greville, I have come,” she whisp
ered.
He did not start, nor even turn, but
he reached up and drew her gently
around in front of him, without a word.
into his embrace, and there
another sweet and solemn secret waa told
in the twilight.— Times-Democrat.
The Biggest Kite Ever Made.
The biggest kite in the world was
made in Durham, Greene County, N. Y.,
about a year ago. It may be taken as
the biggest kite ever made.
The frame consisted of two main
sticks twenty-eight feet long, weighing
each 100 pounds, and two cross sticks
twenty-one feet long, and weighing
seventy-five pounds each; all of these
sticks were 2x6 inches in dimensions.
Over this frame work was stretched a
great sheet of white duck, 25x18 feet,
and weighing fifty-five pounds; the tail
of the kite alone weighed fifty pounds,
and contained 150 yards of muslin.
Twenty-five hundred feet of a half-inch
rope served as “kite strings.”
This plaything cost $75, and when it
mounted into the air, it exerted a lifting
power of 500 pounds. Six men once
permitted it to ascend 1000 feet.—At
lanta Constitution.
The Quickest Yet.
A Texas doctor recently took a six
hour drive with a Texas villager, who
asked him a great many questions about
the remedies used for certain diseases
then prevailing in the locality. On the
following week he had occassion to visit
a neighboring village, where he found
his recent companion with his shingle
out as a full dedged doctor. He had
graduated in that six hour ride.— Texas
Siftings.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
What is Being Done in Congressional
Halls for the Country’s Welfare.
PROCEEDINGS FROM DAY TO DAY BRIEFLY
TOLD —BILLS AND MEASURES UNDER
CONSIDERATION—OTHER NOTES.
THE HOUSE.
Thursday.— ln the house Mr. Oates,
(as a privileged question), from the com
mittee on judiciary, reported back the
substitute for Watson’s Pinkerton detec
tive investigating resolution. The sub
stitute resolution recites the allegation
that a certain organization, known as
Pinkertou’s detectives, have been em
ployed unlawfully and to the detriment
of the public by railroad corporations en
gaged in the transportation of the United
States mails and interstate commerce and
directs the committee on judiciary to in
vestigate said Pinkerton detectives. The
committee is given the usual powers as to
summoning witnesses, etc. The resolu
tion was adopted and the house went into
committee of the whole on the sundry
civil bill.
Friday. —The house got into a tangle
over the old Sibley claim Friday, and
became so tied up that adjournment was
had early and nothing done. The dead
lock ernsed the sundry civil bill to go
over and as a consequence the silver fight
is postponed. Speaker Crisp laid before
the house a letter from the acting secre
tary of the treasury, transmitting an es
timate of the deficiency in the appropri
ation for pensions for the current fiscal
year of $6,674,332 and recommending
that the deficiency be supplied by reap
propriating that sum from the unexpen
ded balance of $8,834,079 remaining to
the credit of pensions for the fiscal year
of 1891.
Saturday. —After reading of the
journal, Mr. Meredith of Virginia an
nounced the death of Senator Barbour,
and as a mark of respect the house ad
journed till Monday.
Monday.— The house spent nearly the
entire day Monday in discussing silver
indirectly. The anti-silver men had
heard of the contemplated effort to
amend the sundry civil bill so as to pro
vide not only for the recoining of uncur
rent minor coins now in the treasury, but
also for the coinage of $100,000,000 worth
of silver bullion there. It has been stated
that the proposed amendment had been
shrewdly drawn with a view to prevent
ing its being ruled out on a point of or
der. Tracey, of New York, sounded the
alarm and for a time there was a very
pretty little scramble. He saw that if it
was in order to provide for the recoining
of uncurrent coins, it was also in order
to provide for coining the bullion on
hand. He was. theref- r r> r striking
out the whole business. The house was
in committee of the whole, with Lester,
of Georgia, in the chair. The house ad
journed without the chair giving any de
cision. Mr. Lester questioned members,
on the floor pretty freely, in order that
all that bore upon the question might be
brought out.
Tuesday.— Even the prospect of a sil
ver skirmish if not a battle during the
day did not have the effect of bringing a
large attendance to the house Tuesday
morning and there were not 100 members
present at the hour of noon. The
journal having been read, Walker, of
Massccbusetts, objected to its approval,
lie did so for the reason that the resolu
tion to expuuge certain remarks of his
from the record was a special order for
Monday but was not called up. He
wished to have the matter disposed of
and not hanging over his head during the
remainder of the session, to be acted up
on possibly in the closing hours. McMil
in, of Tennessee, moved that the journal
be approved, and on this motion de
manded the previous question. As the
democrats could not muster a quorum,
the yeas and nays were ordered. Before
the conclusion of the roll call, however,
Walker withdrew his objection.
The call as far as it had pro
ceeded, was eliminated from the
record and the journal was approved.
Messrs. Cogswell, Bingham and Ding
ley made a number of earnest but unsuc
cessful attempts to increase the appro
priations for the care, lighting and heat
ing of public buildings. They contend
ed that the sums appropriated by the bill
were inadequate and that the cuts made
by the committee would impair the pub
lic service. Messrs, Holman and Sayers
denied the correctness of this, and argued
that the sums given were sufficiently
large. Mr. Moses, of Georgia, in speak
ing to a verbal amendment replied
to some charges made against him
Monday by Mr. Simpson, of Kan
?as, to the effect that he had voted for
the improvement of the Savannah harbor
because he chose to vote $2,500,000 to
the Richmond and Danville Railroad
Company. Mr. Simpson said that the
gentleman had called !bim a free lance
and had stated that when he saw a head
he hit it. He had merely pointed out
the inconsistency of the gentleman in ob
jecting to small appropriations for the
Smithsonian institution and voting to
appropriate $2,500,000 for the Savannah
harbor, when there was an excellent har
bor at Port Royal. Messrs. Otis of Kan
sas, Wilson of Washington, Bowers of
California, and Snodgrass of Tennessee,
engaged in a noisy controversy, as to
whether or not the law was* efficiently
executed. Messrs. Bowers and Snod
grass indulged in a harmless war of
words which created considerable merri
ment. Without disposing of the bill the
house went into committee of the whole
on the sundry civil bill.
THE SENATE.
Thursday. —Among the bills intro
duced and referred in the senate were
the following: By Mr. Dawes, author
izing the president to proclaim a general
holiday comemorating the 400t*n anni
versary of the discovery of America,
October 12, 1892. By Mr. Hiscock, to
encourage Amercan ship building ex
tending to the steamship “China” (of
the Pacific Mail Steamship line) the
same privileges as has been ex
tended to the City of Paris and the City
of New York. Mr. Call, of Florida, of
fered a resolution (which went over with
out action) for the appointment of a joint
commitiee of the two houses to inquire
into the condition of Cuba and the islands
known as Greater Antilles, or Windward
or Caribbean islands, and their commer
cial and political relati ms with the
United States, and to report such legisla
tion as inaj be expedient and necessary
to improve the commercial and po itical
relations of the |>eop!e of the United
States and those islands.
Friday. —ln the senate the river and
harbor bill Avas reported back from the
committee on commerce, with amend
ments at vt with report (is required by
the r s lution of the senate) on each item
in the bill. Mr. Frye, the chairman of
that committee stated that the bill was
one for two years and that no river and
harbor bills would be reported'from that
c unmiltee the next session. He gave no
tice that on Tuesday he would ask the
senate to proceed with its consideration.
Asa result of much preliminary work,
while the river and harbor bill was pend
ing in the house the senate committee on
commerce was able during the day to re
port the bill back to the senate with all the
amendments which it regards as necessary.
It has increased the total of the house bill
by $1,981,143 and made decreases to the
amount of $858,000, making a net in
crease of $1,123,143, and the total of
the appropriation made by the bill im
provement of river Avas $250,000. There
Avas a general reduction of a'l the appro
priations in cases where contracts were
authorized to be made for the comple
tion of work. There is a long list of
items of increase and some new appro
priations, ranging in amount from five
hundred dollars to a quarter of a million.
Among larger new item is one of $200,-
000 for Lake Washington canal, Wash
ington, and $250,000 for the Dalles
boat railway, Oregon. Among
the principal items of increase in
thesourthern states are as follows; Cum
berland Sound, Georgia, $7,500; Cape
Fear river, N. C., $100,000;
river, N. C., $35,000: Black river, N. C.,
$10,000; Indian river, Fla., (new appro
priation) $25,000. Appropriations made
by the house were decreased by the fol
lowing amounts; Charleston, S. C.,
$100,000; Savannah,' Ga., $125,000;
Rappahannock, Va., SIO,OOO.
Monday.— For the second time within
less than six months, the United States
senate was called upon Monday morning
to mourn the loss of one of its
members, and to pay a last tribute of
respect to the memory of the late Senator
John S. Barbour, of Virginia. About
an hour before noon, the remains of the
deceased senator were brought to the
capitol from his home near by. The
body Avas enclosed iu a black cloth-cov
ered casket devoid of silver ornaments
save a plain silver plate, bearing the fol
lowing inscription: “John S. Barbour,
Born December 20th # 1820, Died
May 14th, 1892.” The chamber was
arranged for the ceremonies in
the usual manner, seats being
arranged for the cabinet, the supreme
court, the house of represeutatives, the
general commanding the army, the diplo
matic corps, the senior admiral of the
navy and the commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia. The dead senator’s
chair was draped in black. The chap
lain’s opening prayer had only one direct
allusion t> the occasion—a rendering of
thanks “for the true and faithful life
spared so long.” Immediately after the
journal of Friday last w r as read, Mr.
Kenna rose, and in the absence of Mr.
Dauiel, of Virginia (absent on account
of sickness), announced in feeling re
marks the death of Senator Barbour.
Mr. Kenna closed by offering the usual
resolutions of sorrow and respect and for
the appointment of a committee to accom
pany the remains to their final resting
place at Poplar Hill. The icsolutions
were adopted and the following senators
appointed as the committee: Daniel,
Kenna, Gorman, Walthall, Carlisle,
SteAvart, McMillin, Cullum and Wash
burn. The senate then took a recess till
12:30. When the senate reconvened
crowds had filled all the gallerie's ex
cept the 1 diplomatic gallery. At five
minutes before one, Captain Bassett, the
ancient doorkeeper, announced the ar
rival of the' speaker ' ihd the house of
representatives, and.the members of that
body, headed by Speaker Crisp and Clerk
Kerr, entered the 'senate chamber and
took plaqes assigned them on the-demo
cratic side of the chamber. Next came
the chief justice and justices of the
supreme court, Thg members of the
cabinet, headed' by Secretaries Blaine
and Foster, next entered and took
the chairs reserved for „ them,,. Presi
dent Harrison himself being absent from
the city. The cabinet was followed by
the diplomatic corps,. the members of
Avhich took seats behind the justices of
the supreme court. Then some members
of the family of the dead senator—three
ladies ’ arid three gentlemen, in deep
mourning—came in and took their seats.
Last of all came the coffin, borne by cap
itol policemeu and preceded by members
of the committee of the two houses wear
ing white scarfs. Although the dead
senator was not a professed member of
any church or denomination, bis wife had
been a Catholic, and the religious cere
monies were - conducted at the re
quest of the family, by Bishop Keane,
rector of Catholic university. This was
the first occasion in The memory of the
oldest officers of the senate, when Cath
olic clergy officiated in such a manner in
the senate. ’ ■
Tuesday.— ln the senate, . Tuesday,
Mr. Chandler, introduced a hill to au
thorize the registration of certain -steam
ships of the United States, and it was
referred to the committee? on- commerce.
It is a bill to grant American registry to
vessels of the proposed “American Steam
ship Company,"’ yet 'to be organized,'
upon conditions similar to those under
which American reg stry was given to
the two steamers of the Inman ' line.
The naval appropriation bill? was taken
up, the pending question being the pro
vision for an increase of the navy. The
house bill provided for one armored
cruiser of about 8,000 tons displacement,
to cost, exclusive of armament, not less
than #3,500,000, and the senate amend
ment provides, in addition, for one sea
going coast line battle ship of about
9,000 tons displacement, to cost not over
#4,000,000; also for one harbor defense,
double turret ship of the monitor type,
with a displacement of about 7,500 tons,
to cost not over #3,000,000; four light
draft gunboats and six toipedo boats.
The discussion occupied the whole of the
day’s session without a vote being had.
KOTES.
The senate committee on civil service
favors the dismissal of all employes who
are sot naturalized.
The president, on Thursday, nominated
to be postmaster Benjamin J. Carter, Ce
dartown, Ga , and Franklin McC. Brown,
Brunswick, Ga.
Mr. Justice Harlan, of the United States
fupncie court, and lion. John Morgan,
United States senator from Alabama,
have been elected by the president as
arbitrators on the part of the United
States in the Behring sea arbitration.
Payments of the sugar bounty under
the McKinley act on accouut of the pro
duction for the present iiscal year have
been practically completed. The bounty
amounts to $400,000. The amount esti
mated for the ensuing fiscal year is $50,-
000, OK). *
NEW CENTRAL DIRECTORS
Elected Without Opposition--The Trust
Company Ignored.
The new' b aid of directors for the
Central railroad, elected in Savannah,
Monday, consists of H. M. Comer. J. K.
Garnett, Abraham Vetsburg, Joseph
Huli. G. J. Mills, H. It. Jackson, Henry
D. McDaniel, C. H. Phinizy, 8. It.
Jaques, E. P. Howell, A. B. Harrold.
James Swann, W. G. Raoul.
In compliance with a resolution adopt
ed by the board of directors, the presi
dents of the different banks in Savannah
met with Mr. H. M. Comer and suggest
ed the above Darned gentlemen, with one
exception (Mr. James Swann) for direc
tors.
Mr. Charles S. Fairchild, of New York,
secretary of the treasury under Cleve
land, was recommended in Mr. Swann’s
place, but Mr. Swann, who seemed to
think the 42,000 shares should be voted,
refused to resign from the old board, and
in preparing the tickets his name was
left off and Mr. Swann’s was put in its
place.
The Central Trust Company, of New
York, and the Richmond Terminal are
holding on long and hard. Mr. Adrian
H. Joline and judge Henry B. Tomp
kins, representing the Central Trust
Company, and Mr. Edward Lauterbach
and Captain Harry Jackson, representing
the Richmond Terminal, were present
before the managers when the polls were
opened. Mr. Joline appeared before the
managers and stated that he had repre
sented the Central Trust Company, which
held two blocks of the capital stock of
the railroad company, one containing
40.000 shares and the other containing
2,200 shares. He presented three papers
authorizing him to vote this stock, and
offered to vote it separately.
couldn’t vote the stock.
After conferring with the Central’s
attorneys, Chairman Clinch of the board
of managers refused to receive the stock
and Mr. Joline bowed himself out. He
refused to say for whom he wished to
vote the stock and he also refused to say
what the Central trust company will do
in the matter, but it is understood that it
will be taken to the f court of appeals.
One of the directors stated that the case
would be brought before Judge Speer,
under anew motion at an early day and
from there it will be taken to the court
of appeals. The gentleman stated that
it was very important to settle this 42,000
shares matter at an early date as in its
present condition it would seriously im
pair the credit of the company and prove
a weight to its future prosperity.
AT CAMP NORTHEN.
Schedule of Tours of Service of the
Different Companies^
In accordance with a resolution of the
advisory board, the following organiza
tions are detailed for tours of service at
the annual encampment at Griffin:
From May 24th to May 31st, the First
and Fourth regiments. Colonel George
A. Mercer, commanding officer of the
camp.
June 7th to June 14th, the Second
regiment and Dußignon Volunteers. Col
onel Charles M. Wiley, of Macon, com
manding officer.
June 14th to June 21st. the third
week, the First, Third and Fourth bat
talions and the Atlanta Artillery. Colonel
William Garrard, of Savaunah, command
ing officer. ' - • t ’
June 21st to June 28th, the Third regi
ment, First battalion, Georgia cavalry,
mounted, and the Chatham Artillery.
Colonel William'F. Jones, of Elbertoh,
commanding officer.
July sth to July 12tb, the Fifth regi
ment, Georgia cavalry, dismounted. Col
onel William W. Gordon, of Savannah,
command pg officer. The regulations
governing the camp have beeu issued,
and everything is in readiness.
A COW CASE
Is Passed Upon by the United States
Supreme Court.
A Washington dispatch says: The
“three heifers and a cow” belong to Mrs.
Eliza J. Scruggs, and are not subject to
bo levied on for the debts of the husband
of Mfs. Scruggs. S'v'in effect, decided
the United States supreme court in an
opinion by Justice Harlan, affirming the
decision of the supreme court of the
state of Tennessee in favor of Thomas
Kilgore, against whom, as next friend
of Mrs. Scruggs, Allen Baker brought
suit. The case had gone through all the
state courts and attracted fairly wide
spread attention, owing to the persist
ency with'which each side has fought.
I r . arose out of the passage, by the state
of Tennessee, of an act declaring that a
woman’s property shall not be held for
her husband’s debts unless she consents.
A DECISION ABOUT RATES
Which is Interesting as Regards “Un
lawful Discrimination.”
A judgment of great interest in its
construction of what, under the inter
state commerce act, constitutes “unlaw
ful discrimination” was rendered by the
United States supreme court at Wash
ington Monday in the case commonly
known as the “Baltimore and Ohio
railroad theatrical rate case,” involving
the rights of a railroad company to sell
at reduced rates tickets to parties of ten
or more persons. The court, in an opin
ion by Justice Wood, sustained the de
cision of Judge Jackson refusing to issue
an injunction to restrain the railroad
company from continuing the sale of
party rate tickets. The general ground
of the opinion is that it is not unjust
discrimination for a railroad company to
sell tickets at wholesale cheaper than at
retail.
NUMBER 20.
THE SOUTH IN BRIEF
The News of Her Progress Portrayed In
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs
AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OF HAPPEN
INGS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAY
TO DAT WITHIN HER BORDERS.
A Baton Rouge, La., dispatch says:
Governor Fostet was inaugurated Mon
day with the usual ceremonies. His
inaugural address is full of hope and
promise.
A terrible tornado passed near Elm
wood, Neb., Tuesday night. Cook’s
residence was torn to pieces and four per
sons hurt. It is feared that many were
killed in the country districts.
Fire at the Edgewater stock farm neat
Cynthiana, Ky., Sunday, destroyed three
barns owned by T. M. McGibbon. A
number of very valuable race horses per
ished in the flames. Loss, $20,000.
The office of The Evening Democrat al
Greenville, S. C., was levied on Tuesday
afternoon. The paper was nearly ready
to go to press, and the constable took
the form to the office of Trial Justice
Davis, and in consequence of which uc
paper was issued.
A. A. James, agent at Ellavillc, Fla.,
of the Florida Central and Peninsula rail
road and Southern Express Company, al
so Western Union telegraph operator,
skipped Sunday with a $3,000 express
package belonging to Drew & Bucki, ;
lumber firm whose mills are two miles
from Ellaville.
A di9j>atch of Monday from Norton,
Wise county, Va., says that Ira Mulle is,
a lawless character, while driving across -
Pond Gaff from court in Letcher county,
Ky., was fired upon from ambush. Hi
was accompanied by his wife, brother-in
law, child and driver of his wagon, all o!
whom with himself were killed.
A New Orleans dispatch states that or
Tuesday morning Gypsy crevasse ha 1
widened out to such an extent that all
hope of closing it was abandoned. The
water is sweeping over plantations to
within a few miles of Kenner. About
eight miles of the Mississippi Valley
railroad track have been covered and
traffic over the submerged portion is
abandoned.
Fire in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday
morning destroyed eleven residences and
two stores, one drug store and one gro
cery. The area burned is on the south
side of West Adams street, between
Second and Third streets, and extends
south nearly to Forsyth street. The
buildings were mostly inexpensive wood
en structures, and burned like a tinder
box. The total loss is about twelve
thousand dollars; insurance only $2,500.
That portion of the Charleston, Cin
cinnati and Chicago railroad which lies
in Tennessee, seventy-five miles, was sold
a few days ago at Johnson City to satisfy
a debt. It was bid in by Samuel Hunt,
for the stockholders for $200,000. The
construction cost $200,000, and work be
gan in 1889. The contractors, Macdonald,
Shea & Cos., had a debt of $140,00)
against it. The work which has beea
suspended for so long will now be re
sumed. The bid of $200,000 is not final
and it will be held open until Ju’y.
The next annual reunion of the Army
of the Cumberland, at Chickamauga,
has been finally fixed for September 15th
and 16th. It will thus take place, the
week before the Grand Army encamp
ment at Washington, instead of the week
after as first planned. General Rose
crans, president of the Society of the
Army of the Cumberland, has informa
tion indicating a large gathering on the
battlefield to inspect the work of estab'
lishing a national park which is now
progressing with great nipidity.
A Jacksonville dispatch of Sunday
says: A revolution in marketing the
Florida orange crop will be made the
coming season, when two fast steamships
with a capacity of 25,000 boxes each will
be placed en route between Jacksonville
and Liverpool. These vessels have re
cently been engaged in carrying oranges
from Spanish ports to these of the United
Kingdom, and have landed their cargoes
in better condition than any other ships.
There are fitted with immense “fore and
aft” ventilation pipes which carry cur
rents of fresh air constantly through the
holds. The first ship will reach Jack
sonville about October 20th, and will
make the run in about thirteen days.
A DISMAL FAILURE
Is What the Olcott Plan Has Turned
Out to Be.
A New York telegram of Monday says:
After a session lasting three hours the
Richmond Terminal reorganizaton com
mittee formally announced that the plan
proposed by them was a faiiure, and they
declared it inoperative. One of the com
mittee, in speaking of the action, says:
“The attempt has resulted in a complete
failure, and no modifications or actions
can be looked for. If any further at
tempt is made to reorganize it will be
entirely on new terms and with anew
committee. The present committee will
remain in existence in order to take care
of the securities deposited under the
olans.”
Diptheria Epidemic.
A dispatch of Monday says: Thirty
two houses in Erie, Pa., have been pla
carded for diptheria, a large proportion
of the cases proving fatal. During the
outbreak in January the school board re
fused to close the schools at the request
of Health Officer Woods. The court will
now take action upon the motion for a
mandamus closing the public schools for
three weeks. A strict quarantined the
infected houses has been ordered.
Work of Train Robbers.
A San Antonia, Texas, dispatch of
Saturday, says: Passengers arriving on
the International train report that it was
fired on just as it was about to stop for
water at a tank near Temple by robbers.
The engineer did not stop, but threw the
lever open, put on all the steam possible
and got away, but the express car was
badly riddled. Two of tne passengers
were wounded.
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