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BiSSELL TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION. % \ kkii'm \i ioN or Tin: m moiikii I 4 III \ KT I 'll 4 MilflM PI, It NO N XI, INTFIIKSTH NKd KSHI- TATK THK STi:i* \\i»» I, Wilson, of Went Vlriftlnlw, Will (HI the Plum Washington. It G, Fell. ‘27. I*‘sl master Geriorvrl Bisse.'l set at re d alt doubt iim to Inis purpouc of renialning in the <lain net by tendering Iris resignation to President Cleveland this afternoon. This action was tint taken hastily As far hack as the early •iituain Mr. Rs- -II Ml tlu.t hiH law praHir,. t li.if. f«ilo i«*<|»iir*•*I IiIm jxTi'orml attention and lit! t Iwi I I ii,K* Jm* notified I ho PiWHlmt fbal midijim' or Inter he would 4 m» com* polM to rot iff to frimtr life. \othiriL' flurt1n*r j k i ss < *t | .lic|iW^<*ii the two kmiID- nwin with ri'f«r<Mii*e u, tin* matter iirwtt: two diiyw «jfo, when Mr. Bi«s>f*!l fic'Min niHHUies} tihe P.r<*«j«lM'<nt. tluit ho mi ik f rooti rowitfu hiM portfolio. 'll 1«* PoHtllTIfUS'for tr("lW*niI’H n-Kg'iinliou I ■ w HjM not known nnif'il a hi to hour Ihi* evening by bi« privaHe HC^reti/iry, ikT will ! it 1 m* k'lmwii in nJ'! pmhfubitMty to miy of hi.M Mifw»rdkn;itov< nt the f>e/«ir<rnerit until il« iHihJiiMition in (lie inorniitiitf ptiperH. ! TIm* fetlor enf n WiSJntiiti'ion in hi iff to hiive ; Imh‘ii brief ami f*» Inm* been crrtp'heff 1n I’I iiei i 11 ;< 1 foniiM I teiniiiN; •th.ilt'iH ifreitoH I,In* faH fill;tf be do<Miit» il mlvi.mRV 1'o ret ire fivwit fho (’HthiiKd and that ho wiW do 1 *e» upon the i!.p|K»intin(‘iit mud j ft- Ml «*f Ilia K IIOOeKSOT. 'I’ho letter vviih wntile-n by t'lw* Toisl | iiuwler tJeji-ora) at Ihe eJ 1 wo of olli- r j InMira bnlay ami vvaw by him ptM’Mo'M'allv ha<ml*H| to inn bli'iof. A lilvh* after ;> o’olo. k Mr Hiss el H.tid: Mr IHmkcI TnlliM “I have pla»ed imy nsignaIi<*u in the hands of the I'rrMidmiil. 'Pin- remoim. is final my profeNHhm-al work at hornu* die •n and 4 n iy athimtien anil I fi*cl I (bn I I iViimof JongoT remain am .iy from i-i. tPlie bu.sinesH of the depa i t nielli its 1m go-si condi I ion ;i)id idIransfcr to m;y Hite.ceHis.of cam be tii-ade witbo'ilt offecllns t’lw* public Hervb*e, I have found, my ufork agreeable, aIflm-ugfli at times ijiiite onerous I coiiIVihh I loave it with re¬ gret, heoaiiMc I have Hk-cohic deeply in Ir-iN^Kted in if and have a desire b> a.e oomjdi'iji soiii-d liing more in the develop menf of tbe poslai hku'v'km* ‘tbuui 1 liave foiimd pruiHildc ini Me mc two years ot effonf . I deeply regret ah*» Ilia I I am iImih ei*inpelhs| to sever of)i< inl velat'ionh Avitth I hr Ih es'idi'tif <aud bb Oabitvet, whieili have been -mosf Halimfaidory and contlal tllnvHi|ilioip(. I’cPhaps without improprtioty, I may say now 'that ^il.i ruim-orfs <»f dis-agif-onient between 'the I*re»idi»inl and any of bM’nibmH have been vifiTInoui foundation. I dioubl it there over w ax a. more harimuiiouts Can filet than the preseii't oiiu\ anil its ineim hers are a until Itv wnippor' ofNevery pub¬ lic queHilion." Post III II m 11*1* <•<*(« cm I \\ J'ben* is no reason to doubt tibiitt Mr. jiiHsell'H sm-ccNsoi' will tw* OongresMirmn William L. WKnon, of Went Virginia, the author of the tariff >1ww. It i« jiIho inn- dorstood that Mr. M’iI hoiVs oame will be Honl to the Senate ifomormhv. Rut for the fact that the Prostideut intended nuaking Mr. Wilson a, meniJier of Iris otHelal family, a tender of tin* Mexican mtissioii wou'ld, it is no id. have Imkmi made to him. The President has been rtkweiely ih•xirous mf appointing Mr. Wilxxm to some oflieo ofl a dignity and iiuportaiie nmimonimate with tilie Mh*at N lrginiati's abilitiiv ami bis iloynlly to the prin-pics of DemoeiMiCV' When fh Pmswb'iit hvanied bm day* 4igyr tiliiait Mr. Rinsidl puriKKsed sootl to rettiiv from the iVUuim^i he diM'iiliMl them that be should 1 m* Kuee<Msb‘d by Mr. Witsmi. '['Ills, at least, is the story given out by Mr. Wil son's fixiemks tonight, and there are sub stanttial nxar*.»ns fv»r believing that it is well foumhsl. Tin* President S|m»iiUm. S|M*iVkiiiK of Rissell's mslgnutlon. Pres¬ ident (’levelaud tonight said: “It surely is not msstsisa.r>’ for me to say that I c-dni'H roOeaso Mr. l»isxs«*]| with The ut- muwt regre*. All his associates in the Palbinet feel that they have Jos*! »a eolh'-agiie *w lto was in all rcHjM'i ts a vnhiable fautor ini their exeeulivi* iaiU.n*. as well as a ihainiipion to whom Mu*y ba.v4> become gnvi t ly a tit ache I. t a,in not taken by surpriwe, for I Twivc kmnv.n for houh* time -that it was ine¬ vitable. bemuse Mr. RisseM's wwison* for his a-etion weix* of a personal nature aiMd wa*re inexorable. Still, the first break in tJw Patininet. wihieli has Imvik in the midis! of iimny perplexing situa- ttioiiK, enlire.lv barmontious, alw ays j e- 'tuat{<*d by a loyal dH'votion to the public inHemxti. and pervadisl in a marked degT(*o by the pM-sona! at taohmenn which siiaiJi eonnis-tionn (MMinot fail t<> I'lN’tah*, <*ausiis us all nsnl sorrow. Much gratiti*\ - »lion awaits Mi-. Kissel) in Tin* appre»*iailion executive of htis eomintirymeji puldtii of bin xplcndtid and akWioe. Siiildenllcntli 'Ohh’Ugo. Keb. 27. Tho, 1) Boyden. one of tlie heaviest Operators and best km*\vn inomthem of the Board of Trade, died In Ids apartments at Union League (Atub last night, «ft«*r short 4IInew of «|Util»s> lie was on Vliatige Salurda> apparontly in go»*il health, and the an mmmement of t»is demise was a sui pnst» and shock to his friends this morn ing * \ l»l»l ien Hon Denied i*\ Southern Associated I’*rt v HS. AlHiny. N V . Keb. 27. Attorney Oeneeat Itam*oek has denied the ap plication of (bx». Rite that he (tlie At ^toniey general), bring an action to | mutual the charter of the St a ml aid Oil ' Comixiny In'eaiise, pHeiupally, that p was a tniist The upplioittion w as ma ty . ‘"""'I*- .. ‘""I ...... ■>< the lioarll'j: , -MS*' T <’ Grain jit-iv.iml for lln> a|»|>" «-ii-it mil JoMt-pli It. Oho*to for the SttmdiiMl i>il Company. ; \fter tbe Halt ! 1 Ky Sou them A ssocla taxi Press. j Knoxville, Tom., Feb. 2t~ Mary White Ux’kixt two children in her house tonight j and vvsnt off to a Kill. Soon after the ; ren house twrished caught In tire the and flames. one of Its the remains child- j j iMving charred Into an unrex>£nUable i torm* EASTERN MILLS NOT COMiflG. that in w *i ' » 4 >1 \NS \( III M 1 I S 8 KN 4 i :oit S 4 4 S m; OIVKS DIN KI04SON I’Oll NO THIN KIND. | Tho South Does Not Fon»|»Hr With |*;n stern 41 n n n fn e t u res . Boston, Mass., Fen. 26. At lie- St.lie Mouse this in'ruing, the Committee ru. jj.-ri-antlle Affairs ointlnue.l its inv* stb gation into tin* eausis of removal ’ > Other States of textile corjHrni I tons The ooinmitte lieard a different story today ‘> f of im«n,.f*etun*r> arid in M.ibf-o m. . ? ,,n ;.l tin* pwvioiw wwions of _ i n< i ij i r.\ . I In* < or.ipe- il i»ii o *' * w «* «.k I»iijrhi4tr iw fr-nut K‘*b<*i( ffowmrrl, tin* nqHVHonta of I-.ill tiv Hi < of ». '' tin- 10 » »n ^ uh • H v, r (Vd 1 on .Muh* Spfnnerc* o >< tion. Mr. H< n ;ii d aril, In brief: I 1 1 . 1 * 0 * eot (, d ( i;hiii? lio* naj*t few months fh H i*he **;»»•» 1 1iv e!y few rnati 11 f*««*t»i• era e- h • nre conlrOTHplatintf the huildiec: f Ms in the -South hive «|»afe<i no j ( •/ ; to obtain the wbleat ruMlflUj foi ile li* vi«*»WH on tin* tu> on 11 *.| 'Southerii movementThe bug-henr of Southern m pH It ion Iihh Ibren rum? in t!»*• ei«;« of tiio people through oit tlfo length Ht• d l.rciollli of the N vv lOn^huid S'nt ■?*. |, ( j MaHKaehuKetts partieula.ily. It j M Il|( . tlu,t tin *so who are do 1 m? I he moHl taIvins’ l <>*Ke> more of a tlicor li il than a pr ieli il kitowbd*r* >f cotton mannf teliirin^. The rna.l r iy of III** niaiMifjiotureH of Ma^sjirlmsf l*>. depend more for wwcess upon skill 0 operaliven, and elimatic •ondilions I'* file Hue of tfoods they are engag'd . 11 , tlnin proximity to Uh* eo-tton Holds. Short hours are not driving the eor ton trade frim Massn<*hsetIs, f o» away no (Stale in tbe e-uinlry has made hip li \v< iderful prepress in cotton manufac line as lh«* S1 it»*H since IS74 when fic¬ tion r-s of la Isn* were redip ed to I0 da i \. - < ’arroll l>. Wright says that Massaeh'i setts 1 1 uadi* a gain in s-juifidles between 1.870 and 1,880 of I. r *17.J5*> and 30,74i I oon in If tin- e'dlon trade is leaving Massaelmsi Its, as some operators m trying to impress iifwm I lie eounl ’y how can you a'count for the ii'U*ri"fis<- in spindles and looms? In !XX> thv*re were l,LMi>,CvS4 spindles in fin* SMitc. T’h latest returns -show' 7,1150,480 or an ifi ereasi* of in the fmst H yea re. !■'Ml River, .at the passage of ten boms law in 1x74 had in its far tori os l,‘^r>X, fiPX and it has now nbou-t 2,700,000. New Idnglaml has 70 per m-nl. of I lie spindles «»f the count ry. '“Tile iSoiith tod,ay has T! mills strp p-d. fur s ale and in r#'uoiver.s hands, h would he «|i(tleull to find three idle e-ot ton mills in MasH'aieliset I s. As fjist a* skilled I'alliorers get to tin* South yin will hear the petition f'»r just sueh b. tx>r legislation as tin* people of M o saeihusciis have sought during the .prist few r yearn. There are but few listing that hug hear of ‘Sotibhern ciiinjmtitiou * It Iris been stated that raw cotton is taken by Southern railroads as fifth class freight, while Northern roads take it as only seeoml or third class freight. Tlhi.s Htateni<*nt is erroneous, since eo*' ton is not only sliipjied from the South to MassachusetIs, and presumably to all New Knglund. as lifftii class, but it can in* rt'Nli'ipped, from one point to an other in New lhiglnnd, tin carload lo‘s as tit't‘h class freight. 'Souietbiug has also been said albout coal. The two States which are n‘C0gni7,ed as the m >st pmgroHMivi* in the South are the Caro linns. Investigation ban stiioxvn me licit the Cartdtinas ivre aw far fro*m the coal fuddis ;h the manilfm-iture.ns of Mussarbui^et^tn, amt w hat in more the rates for its trail* porta l ion a re greater Mia n lie-re, since we ‘are mot. dependent merely on tile strwtn r.iilmafds but have the sou bnard. Now the 11 Mil IM in t'he s > eaOled Piedmont dii'Jtrict in the South <are Kituated in a <*> tun Udt in which is raisisl cofton Huita'bl-e only for course good* and yarns and unlit for tin* product of tin* average Mil snad in sett's mills, I think statis ties show ttiui-t Maxis ehusetlls 'Ii m* in reality lit’tl<* to fear from the enunpefitio«n of the South. “I ’luvieve that ('very step that lx taken in 'the Mcrests of the employe to lighten Ms burden w ill return eome- fhing to Hie manufaeturer and the State. Ma^ieibusettH iiimn-ufncturers have al¬ ways in the pant amd will be in the fu¬ ture. competent, owing to the nkill and i’lutelligenoe of tlieir oporataviH. to hold their own against all <wmpetition * . P. pnw>f of this since the passage tlie ten 'bocr law we have n great fjte- lurk's built and rich families multiplied. 1 believe that today Massavdiusettis is raiMug a <dass of meivhants w ho arc dcistincd to Invionie a soionm' of strength to, an*d th<* prop and mainstay of our American RepuKie.*’ Represoiitu-tive Ross, of \ \\ i' - lfcrd, thought that the sm ill in i-*as - in the tiumlw of iivSKs in fh * SouTh during |i) yearn w is la*stt proof that New Mngl.n; 1, ami oxpoefaTiy MeN,sn»'busetts, had noth tug to do with tin* removal of any textile corporal hau The same legisla¬ fkm wao even ?ow lM*iug sought in the tVrro'hwis, Mr. Ross stibl he knew that a Ohhmpce eompiny whfeli had lw*i»n group'd pi'iunsVdmi to biiiihl tin The South, had gone direefly t<> Alabama. where there 'n an <dgbt liour labor law. Me failed to see a \' iiidueenirnt to go South except to nnr ,> course goods, which <h> i ot eoiuiMde w ith the mills of tlitks SVr.'e to any extent, as most ! the work done bt-ne is of a finer grado In the S»utb. Mr. Ross, taking the thirteen States, there are b*fw male spin liens 'than itec hu'gc (sicporation in New Hod ford. This ta'k of an increase then* is nud bniH* out by fnet8. In lStV* the South iu^nNisisl its lmslmv4j more than the North, it is true, but there was verv ! HtTle im-iMx-iHe uFTfi-lixl by either. The tariff agi- tjillon mu- tin.- «...*!* f„ r ovriort iim> iv tli.iii i< <thl til.' <xviIW Southern v «-,v « |. K | civim.l | n tsthi tli S .nth ti nt 150 mauut'i. t»rii*» amMlu niv milv 2.’SI mm- ’iTn- I siM'iihor ad so linns* ii S'M nor i stumlt.' to Imi a Soniboni mil! witih- in this Hi.aito ooots Imt Slit |„ tho i South t'lioja' onto iHM'Mtivo t. forty I st.imld.w wh«-> horo Micro is otdv ..no ( to eighty spindle*. NX'iKiam Kembaw. ef KMI Rjver, n life long waiver in ooHom mills, ami A } A. <h»rb*on. rx'pnventing the R'Mon i central hihor iiidon. spoke briefly aft er which hearing was continued to j i March S. THE MIUTSRY AFP JfThSI Hjji'sf ATiOH. l * ( 111 uii.i pro ii \ it i I. in: ma ii)i:n on i n in \v i)i:K i:ni nmiiAT it tiip-: km'ositio.n si (;oi:stv:d I imiiiii iMMioiiei* («h*i*n Return* From I lie Sehool Foil vioit Ion . Atlanta. Go.. Fob. 25.- iT he disposition of the Slate mtlitnry appro¬ priation will probably he decided on Horne time tliia week. Governor Atkin¬ son lias already had several preliminary (Vinfenaiees with the military depart¬ ment. Front whnt earn he learned it i« not probable Mint there will he any en¬ campment this year. The $17,500 ap- propriated by the legislature is not aiiflicieut to provide for even half of the troops in camp for a snfficienit length of time to he of practical value to them. and it is therefore more than likely that the money will he used to supply over¬ coats and oth< r eiinipuients or appor¬ tioned out to companies to pay armory rent. A movement has been set on foot to hold a big military encampment in At Ian In during the Exposition. f'apt. Bar Hard, of the Troup Hussars, waa.in the city today on this mission. The plan of those behind the movement is to muster all the military of the State here for three days, camping on the Kxpnst tion grounds just as is done at the regu¬ lar State oin-ampment. It has been sug¬ gested that the military opproprinlion could l>e advantageously list'd for this sort of an encampment, but this part of the plan has no far received no enconr agemont from the Governor or military deport merit. <*t*orn'i» ItciiiHtatcd, Prof. fJ. It. fllenn. Slate nehool com- 11 i.iswioufior, who was mbsent from the State all last weo-k attending the an¬ nual oon von tion of State superintendents at Cleveland* Ohio, returned today. <Jeorgia bad not been represented in this- inijiortafnt gathering of practical educators ninee the death of T>r. Ort* find the re establishment of the State’s fellowship in the eon yen I ion through (hMirmic^sionor Olmm was received with ooiiMidorahle g.rati Heat ion by the conven¬ tion. Coimmlssion-er ftIeTvn brought, hack with him a great, deal of valuable infor¬ mation regarding educational works by the State departments. This informa¬ tion will he roust amtly valuable to him in the administration of bin other as well as to the whole educational system of the State. Removal Oi’ilrml, Judge T^innpki.n today ordered tlie re¬ moval <*f Mr. .T. T. Voss, appointed re¬ ceiver for flu* commission house of the J. \\ r , Phillips fV» , last Saturday'. Mr. IMiillips, head of the firm, is effy clerk elect, and the hou<*e has hpen regarded as one of the largest and .strongest in the city. On Saturday Mr. V-ohs was appointed receivei* by Judge Richard IT. Clark, who did not know at the tim3<e that Judge Tuimpkim presiding judge in this el renit, was in tbe city. The re¬ ceivership was a ft a died on this irregu¬ larity, and today when Judge Lumpkin heard the ease, it developed that a large majority of the creditors were opposed to tbe receivership regardless of the il legality of Judge Clark’s order, and Re¬ ceiver Voss was discharged. On March 0th the ease will Ik* reopened, however, and the receivership deeideil on its merits. A III i ml Tlffor. JJie police today entered a ease against the Weinmeifiter Hotel for running a blind tiger. During The recent police investigation one of the nio-st sensational rumors in connection with the alleged police protection to saloons, etc., was •that the Weinmoister blind tiger was under the protection of a member of the lioard of police commissioners and it was predicted that this would be brought out in such a way ns to create a sensation bigger than all else developed by the lifting of the lid from tbe police do pnrtmont. The Weinmeister Hotel blind tiger was never oven hinted at on the investigation, however, though why, it is bard to see* in view of the case made today, and further that for years, it has been common report, that, the Weimneis- ter bar w as practically never closed, F?it p\n« jo\i*;s i)i<7\n A t leg-rain was r(H*eived in Atlanta Sunday afternoon announcing tin* death of Mi-. Paul Jones, which occurred in Louisville, Ivy , Sunday morning. Mr. Jones \\ ax one »f the leading whiskey dealers of the South and was estimated to be worth as much as $1,- 8WMW0. Per nuuv than twenty-five years Mr. Joiii'S was a ivside-nt. of Atlanta and eoiidueted a wholesale litjilor (M a id ini i- ment on Ali’aio 1 street. His place r iausili'ests vva kr, o' to everybody in Atlanta and tin* ta massive figure of Mr. Jtc.'S was perlia,*s more i'aaiiiliar than tiiat id' any -dli r man in tin* city. He ft Atlanta imiuediatelv after tlie prohibition • lection in 1XS6 and, timitng te a lueiative tmint from which t exit nd h s busi.uo op< ration*, lu* deoidi I (*» pcrmanentlv Do«t.e in that i?i ty. Tin? death of Mr. Jones was rathei sudden and unexpected. He had Ihm'U ill for only a few days prior to his death and hi** condition was not sueh ! us to alarm his pbytdeian. i The romnirs will be taken to At- j lanta for interment. lto!»l>cd mid Rtirned r.y Siii.it hern Associated Prc«s. 1>a > ,m b ° • l ’ oh ; houi * of M- Wl ' av, ' r a,u1 wlre - an !, « cd co »Ple »v- in K two ami on.' half miles soutliwisl of riottwoiMt. MontRomory county was lairnot Into last ovemiiR. The tliv was not «t .-vov-ivd unUl rhortl.v aftor 4 o’clcfc thls n,orniu « rt,e t ' harre *' 1 ><">«« of "oavor and his wife woro found in tliw rulns latcr - 11 is lhou R ht "** work is ,hl,t of ''* ,h, "’ rs - " 1,( > af,, “ r rohhintr and «>"Norine tho aR.sl couplo, tirod the house to cover up their horribles night’s wor ^* 4 . Jt 1(5 Premium. I.ondou. i\»l». ’Jo. The new American j l**an * -m tin* s»t(A*k exchange at 4 11-10 promaurn. S 4 IOHK HOI SK ROIlltF.lt V l.lneolii f oiint.v N«»groes Night Stealing Supplies f)IT of I’nrins. Lincolnton, t»a., Keb. 25. (Special.)- It has only bw*n a bout a fortnight sliv’e Mr. T. 1*. Wilkinson bad his smoke hour** roblKd and burned and now ticwik reaches here of tbe robbery of Mr. A. R. Barks’s wmokebonwe near the Sa¬ vannah river and also near T^verott i**st oilif-e. op Saturday ntigtit laM. Tt was discovered yestterdav morning and a i»arty started out to find the Thieve#. f rhey tracked two persons to the river and one to Mr- D. S. Sims’s p]a<*e near Ta verett post office. They searched the house of a negro by the name of Will Uollensliead and found several pieces (j. of niemt w'hich his employer, Mr. S. Sinus, said lie had not lot The negro ho/ve. Thov arrested the negro and tie conffcs ■d that he was with some other negroes that broke in the smoke bouse, but Hint he did not have any hand in Hie stealing, that the other negroes were from South Karolina and divided with him for y*afehing while Ihev stole. Tie* other negroes names are Will K«T h- and Tonis Knot and they live on Air. R \f Kotjirail's place near AT'^Oormiek. \ par'.v wont over and searched their her v sternav and failed to fuel any evidence. It is thouglut That this is onlv a fake of the Idol ken sfboad negro. It is now* belirrod that Dan ATnxwell, xvlm lives on Mr. Aew, TT-inwbergf'r’s plnoe is ?n»T«T-ifvited. U'lienshead is 1angui.shiny behind the bars at present, having fail¬ ed 'o giro bond. Mr. Rart|<s lost a/lioiit *2<w> |M*imds of meat and some meal and our. 4 HID I. 4 \D SI IT. \ Flnint Knr Fmislilernlile R«'nl Ks- tjitc Down in StnleMlioro. k -'(-|t* • ;b*>re. (J:).. F(th. 'jo. tSpo<*,i.al.) th ; ii I two days there has been coiisid- ri iide folk of a lug rase for I he eeiirts ; u t!*is rvjinty, over the poes<ssion of a kirae p»rt of the property on S^oith Main street. If the suit is brought, it will be for tlo* ej<»etn.ell4 of all the property *>w m i's "it the eas* side of that street •■ • • *i Msr. flugigilira’s d'lW'll, and will be bi'MUgtiit by Mm. A R. Midler. <«f Sa .;1111• 11, in the inb r*et of her minor (?h!ildren. Kol. Ken brook, ef tile firm of Sea brook A M-ipgaf!, Savann ih, was up yos-ter- •Vy and ted ax, loelving after Mil's. Mil¬ ler's Mi do of the <*rxo. searching through the records in the case, upon the <N>in- pletctiosis of which the suit binges. in IS70 Mr. A. R. Miner's father-in aw gave him a frad of land tvenr Sfab'*^- boi'o. which lie homesteaded for The bene¬ fit of he minor children. Subsequently on maler was obtained to sell that tract and invent in other property, embracing Hi"H in • ;iin* f’kui. \fbr this still an- other ci d* r was granted for tbe Male of part of Mi a s property, and later part of il was sold without an o.rd *r; \und if is over this !iafti(*r part that the quer-dion a»isc'S. M’lhethl'-r or Dot tlie caKe will he pnKh.ed further depends, probably, upon fhei'i* a'lteirm vs’ ojunion i f tho validity <>f Mu* hoirestead. Meantime, these who are ooeupyting (lie |M*oiperty arc wondering if they are dn-g to have to get off: and Messrs. K. fh Tu' iM'r and U. S. Blatch, who lrnight Hie f«ropf*rty fic-m Miller, and have mnee ■•dd it under waininty dt e«k are in some 'us| m* iisc mis fo whether or pot they will have to conic between the present pro- prii tens and the original heirs. TIIK POIjICK JISTICKS. New York Flinnitier of Coninierec De- rn a nils tho AlioIDioit <»f Thoir Office. P»y Southern Associated Press. New York, Feb. 25.- A number of prominent mombci's of the Chamber of Cornmeree fitmt the f ollovving to Presi¬ dent Alexander Orr today: The under¬ signed elieving that the ad/ministration iff tin* lower criminal courts in this city to lie a pervision of justice, an op¬ position to the poor, and n scandal to tin* fair name of this city, respectfully request that, you at an early date call a meeting’ of the* Chamber for the pur- Poko of petitioning the Legislature to pas* without further delay a bill fur tho removal of tlie police Justices of the city and the reorganization of that branch of our criminal procedure. Among the n aim os signed to tho letter Cluis. Stewart Smith, Cornells N. Bliss, Horace Porter and Marcus K. Joseph. Prod dent Orr issued a call for a spe¬ cial mooting on Wednesday at 12:30 p. m.. to consider the necessity of passing the oliPee Magistrates’ bill now pend¬ ing before the Legislature. 'I'll F SOI TilF.R VS CASK. I'ri'shlrnt Baldwin and tlie Railway Click in Conference. By Southern Associated Press. Washington, P. C. t Feb. 25. The Corn- mil tee appointed by the Southern Rail-, way imprestntatives hero last week to meet Third Nice President Baldwin of tho Southern Railway in conjunction with Railway Chiefs representing the several labor organizations, had Its first' conference with Mr. Baldwin today. Nc.thing was made public as to what transpired at either of the meetings, fur¬ ther than that Mr. Baldwin listened earn¬ estly to all the railway in u s oniplaints and assured them that lie would meet with them tomorrow. His reply will be given tomorrow. After adjournment it. was stated both by Mr. Baldwin and tht. committee that th-* conference was entirely harmonious, arid the indlcaHons pointed to an amic¬ able adjustment. UI« ’HARDS— Prof* ssor Richards, of Yale I’niv rsity,»says u New Haven dispatch, h.,s ;i plan concerning the future of footl.*all and, in tact, all college sports, embodied in an article in Walter Camp’s new hook on football, entitled “Foot¬ ball Facts and Figures/’ which, it is said, is receiving tlie serious attention of tin* faculty. Professor Richards's plan Is that instead of appointing com¬ mittees to act with the students in the regulation of sports a beter way to cen¬ tre! them would be to appoint a direc¬ tor of athletics who would haw* a seat in the undergraduate faculty, and who would l*> the medium of communication hot ween it and students. The Yale Alumni Weekly is supporting the plan Walter Camp has been suggested for the ix>s)tion. Eugene Lenoir, a son of Mr. N. P. Le¬ noir, of Sumter, fell from a tree Sunday afternoon and dislocated his right arm at tbe elbow. Clerk of the Superior Court Moore, of Lumpkin county has a cloak that is more than one hundred years old. It Is like some aged people “old and childish,” and only performs when it gets ready and that is in the summer. Complete Fertilizers ' for potatoes, fruits, and all vegetables require (to secure the largest yield and best quality) ■ * At Least IO% Actual Potash. Results of experiments prove this conclusively. Mow and why, is told in our pamphlets. They arc sent free. It will cost you nothing to read them, and they will save you dollars. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. Our l,«(iul Tender. New York Recorder: I am asked hy a correspondent to state precisely the dif- 1 ferent kinds of United States currency now in circulation, and to what extent each is a legal tender. the The Government Is responsible for circulation of five classes of paper cur¬ rency which it has issued: (1) Legal ten¬ der notes Issued during the war as prom¬ issory notes; (2) treasury notes of 1890 Issued in the purchase of silver bullion; Cl) currency certificates issued for legal tender notes deposited with the Govern¬ ment: (I) gold certificates Issu.d for gold deposited, and (!>) silver certificates is¬ sued for silver deposited. As to the legal tender functions of our various currency, gold coin is a legal ten¬ der in all payments without any limit as to amount. 1792, 1837 The silver dollar of the act of and 1878 Is a full legal tender to any amount. ('Pile trade dollar has no legal tender qualifications now.) All fractional silver colli now minted is a legal tender to tbe amount of ten dol¬ lars. Minor coin is a legal tender to the amount of twenty-five cents. United Statis notes (greenbacks) are a legal tender fn payment of all debts, pub¬ lic and private, except for duties on Im¬ ports and interest on the public debt. Gold certificates are. not a legal tender, hut may lie issued in payment of inter¬ est on the public debt, and are receivable in payment of customs, taxes and all public dues. legal tender, Silver certificates are not a but are receivable for customs, taxes and all public dues. not legal Currency certificates are a lender for any purpose, but may be counted as part of the lawful money re¬ serve of blanks, and may be accepted in the settlement of Clearing Bouse bal¬ ance. United States Treasury notes of 1890 are a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, and are receivable for customs, taxes and all public dues. They may be counted as a part of the lawful reserve of the banks, and are redeemable (like the legal tenders) in gold or silver.; coin,-In the discretion of tbe Secretary of the Treasury' (which discretion lie has never exercised, or there, would have been no trouble about maintaining the gold reserve). National bank notes avc not a legal tender,' except that they arcs receivable for ail dues to the Untied States, except duties on imports, and for alt debts and demands owing by ihe United States, ex¬ cept Interest on public debt and in re¬ demption of I ho national currency. Each national bank is required to receive at par, for any debt, or liability to it, the notes of every other national bank. A DEPLORABLE STATE. Tlie Sugnr Planters of t iilm Sutler From Overproduction. By Smith cm As&oei&t.'twl Prose. Washinigtixn. D. Feb. J<.—Reports by mail received at the State Depart¬ ment t-Hlay from Consuls ill Cuba, show a dt plonable static nif affairs there. Con¬ sul (ienoral WiiiPIiiaiims sent a'copy of a oalhlegraiim addrevs'sed by the provincial deputaition of iMa lanzaK. on Feb. 10, to tin* n»pretsenta<tiiv<is of final province in the conirts at*Madrid, as foMlows: Tin* Matahzas depivtatiion eis-feeuu-s the sugar rristis most grave. Believes it In^poisHitidi* to finish the crop. The sus¬ pension of all taxes on saigar, wdltih its free admission into provincial markets for one year is therefore urgently neceS' sarv t 'oiisul Genera! WjiiliialuiK adds, “Thie tetegrinn the Cuban expnwe.s planters, ( lie apprehension from the jliat sugar low prices of sugar. eonscquellt UJHHi its oveuproil'iietiion, ui.a.v not be able to finish their proxuit crop: and asks for the SI 1 S- pension of -'ll taxes on Ihcir mia.n llf;IC. tnre of sugar and for its free admission iivlo t,lie Spanish market for one year.” A report from ConsiiJ Baker at Magna, Lo Graiwle, says: Bankruptcy appqairs inevitabh' for iiine- | t<»iiit.h« of the giv>w- on,- )n Ins diet:-id. and the in,ills may not finish long t.he'ii- continuance grinding. of He predicts' Hi,at a present conditions will ms' a direful and disastrous state of a flairs, even with I lie nios-l piroKporo'is planteis. The ineiMiverMn'd (omlitiou of tin' people is verified by the almost dlaily suspensions of well known firms. AMICABLY AD.lt STED. Employe* aiul President Rnldxviii Keuch an igreement. By Soutliorn Aswctijitcd Press. Wnsitung'toai, ,T>. C., Felb. 27.—After a eooiferenee I a sting three days, between Third Vice President Baldwin, of Hie R&’&'iTTO.'SS that here zations atx' in the iiiiteresis of the new schedule of rates proposed by tho Southern Railway Company, an agreement was reached this afternoon after a very harmonious discussion of till)- subject in all i-ts phases. Tihe sched- ule was signed by Ihe men at the office of Mr. Baldwin, and it practically re- mains as it was first offered, with some modifigaitions and some changes in ruSes, in some instances, where it was (pointefi out to Mr. Baldwin dtluat. the men thought they should be d.i ffei'enitiy prescritved. The schedule will go into effect May 1st on all lines of the Southern Railway, ■and in ease either side sihouht Wish id make a change in the firhire, a sixty days’ notice to the other party will be required. | AM the members of |!he lxnard' express- ed themselves as pleased with the coiir- toons manner in Which they were treated ; by Mr. Baldwin, and the ready a-cquies- ceuco with which ho looked into every objection mode by them to the rules of the schedule tiiat in their opinion were not just to them. Many of the men )eft late tonight for their hemes.. f . ZEMP—Federal Councilor Joseph Zemp, wlio has been nominated I’resident of the Swiss Confederation for the year tS9.'>, is the first Conservative Catholic I wtio has been appointed to the highest I office of the little Republic. The* new I President was born in the mountains at j Eu tel back, a beautiful Alpine district I in a direct line between Lucerne and i Berne. He is 60 years of ag-e, strongly built, excessively simple in his habits, I and a model of politeness and amiabil¬ ity. i RULES COMMITTEE. Today Set A side for Reports Erom the Committee <>n I.nhor, By Southern Associated Press. Washington, P. 0.. Feb. 25. The House Committee on Rules decided to- doy to set aside tomorrow for the con¬ sideration of bill form the latbor Com¬ mittee and gavcMhe Committee on Pub¬ lic Buildings and Grounds Wednesday for the hills reported, from that com¬ mit tee. The Labor Committee have « number of bills oat the calendar, one of which is a bill creating a national commission to arbitrate differences between railroad corporations and their employes, and a bill creating a national commission to ascertain the cause of, all strikes, and to investigate the causes of the industrial depression. The committee also have various bills on it lie calendar increasing the wages of Government employes at this jioint: « bill for-the publication of bulletins of the Department of Labor and others of interest to laboring people. The Committee on’ Public Buildings and Grounds have a,.large number of bills on the calendar. One of these is a bill to provide for a hall of records in tho District of Columbia, another for the purpose of a site for a new Gove raiment printing office, and a- third, a bill which provides for throwing the designs for public buildings open to competition. In addition to the foregoing tt\e calendar contains upward of seventy-five bills for public biiiiding? at Various points. If the usual custom i« followed the bills will be taken from the calendar in their regular order: 1 ; The first of these is the bill for a hall, of records at Washington. Following this for'public buildings at Fort Worth, Tex., Brunswick, Ga,. Mew- port M T .e w s. V.a.r W ip stop, N. C., Af- 1 0011 a, Pa.. Qwensboro, Ky., Selma, Ala. Helena, Mont:, Boise City, Idaho, Cheyenne. Yyo,. Tacopna. Seattle and Wash., LaRedo, ‘ Ter., Erie, Spokane, and several *icore Pa.. Tampa, Vlu-., more. PEOPLE YOU READ ABOUT. HIT MAURIER—Very liberal offers to come over and read-TrilDv” to us have been declined byy ),>u Maur: ar. He pleads that ho doesn't like tho ocean, and that his eyesight.is bad. He, Is urged, there¬ fore to promise to come next season. PEIXOTO—Ex-president Peixoto, of Bra- zil, is no longer a vary, important fac- thi* in the future of iiiat Republic. The cares qf state, arid a tendency to dys¬ pepsia have had their effect .upon him, and he has lost much of the vigor that formerly inspired him,. ... _ SCll BEYER—It was announced in a pri¬ vate cablegram from Paris on Thurs¬ day, says the New York Herald, that Ike well-known;.artist, Adolf Schreyer,. was d^L » Oh.ffpceipt, of condolences from friemfs iri that city* his wife cabled from Cronberg, near Frankfort on th« Taunus Mountains, where lie has a reat- deuce, and studio, that he was in good • health, and sent .his best regards. GRANT—Mrs. U. S. Grant is at the Ponce (to Leon' .at St- Augustine, Fla- Sho will next go to Havana. Col. Fred Grant remains In'the family residence on East Sixty-Fifth street, New York city. He is at present engaged in col- taking family papers, which it is not improbable will bo given to the public in the fprm o£ additional memoirs from r left distinguish¬ notes and papers by h..s ed father. ■. ’ • . FAURE—M. Fav.re, President of France, and his wife 9.re trying to make the 1'llysbe'an.attractive place socially. The new President bought eight carriage horses frdm his predecessor. The Faures are fond of'good -living and delight in providing their guests with well-cook¬ ed dishes" and;fine wines. The first roy- iil personage who was entertained at the Elysee under the Faure regime was tho King of Servia. i fQ 4c: COTTON I 3 a “1 Makes 4 c. PRICKS, even on § •** PIANOS & ORGANS a. riOJMT' discouraged, but 3 ' n L'V'1’1 1 write tor our great “ Bargain List; and Wonderfully JJJ u Easy Installment Terms, Dj Dj 4c. PRICKS. n A new Mathusbek Plano $30 less than u ever before sold. ■ Q $40 Saved on a Sterling Plano. 2 Twenty Nearly N"w Square Pianos at New York give away Prices. u FI ft y New Pprlgtits— from Beat Mak- ■] era at Out-Prices. JJ Rich Mirror Top Organ only (*| 0 . 3 SAVE MOMEY by buying from the JJ Greatest Southern Music House. jj lUDOEJ ^ Savannah, BATIiS, (?a. CL in Cj *<*»«way y Pianos Prices. at § t25r!Sc5c!i : Zir2SZSH. , re5B5HSS5ZSS!H _ ‘ '.. '.' . ■______ _____ #-’9» C. 1’ ................NO. - oafeoHMra’ia , • @4* »n« Llft r'dqihf, Aop.’ i. fen, I*»o theory. No t?xt bnoks. Actual busine** fro® day CoV\«* bapia*# ft r*- ?o w (ax UIzhUimA ts.