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The Jones County News
M. 0. G3EENE, Pub'islw.
Middle Ctergla & Ailiniic R:i road
TIME TABLE.
December 23, o’ciock, a.m.
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W. B THOMAS, Gen. Mgr
OFFICIAL DIRECTOR/.
JONES COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
judge Superior Court—J. C. Ilart.
Solicitor General—II. G. Lewis.
Senator—Hon. W. H. Harrison.
Representative—lion. J. F. Anderson.
Ordinary—R. T. Ross.
Olerk Superior Court—W. W. Barron.
Sheriff—R. N. Ethidge.
County Treasurer—F. 31. Stewart.
Tax Receiver—J. A. Chiles.
County Surveyor—R. H. Bonner.
Coroner—R. B. Trapp.
Judge County Court—J. C. Barron.
JURY COMS.—W. A. Card, J. 31. 3Iid-
dlebrooks. J. F. Barron, John Gresh¬
am, E. I*. Morton.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION-
,T. D. Anchors. Joe W. Barron, J. R.
Van Duran, S. A. Hodge, ,T. 3V.
Anderson.
COUNTY SCHOOL COM.—A. II S..
McKay, P. O. Plentltud*.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Methodist.
CLINTON CIRCUIT—R. A. Scab,
pastor; Clinton—First Sunday at 11 a
and at night; Sunday (School at 3
p. m., W. II. H risen bock, Supt.
ST. LUKE—First Sunday, at 3 p. m.
ROUND OAK—Second Sunday and
Saturday before, at It a. m.. Sunday
•chool at 10 a. m., E. P Hunt, Sup:.
.TAMES STATION d Sunday, at
11 a m., Sunday school ur 3 p. in.; R.
H. Kingman, Supt.
HADDOCK STATION—Saturday be¬
fore fourth Sunday, and fourth Sunday
night.. Sunday school at 3 p.m.: W. 31
Farrer, Supt.
FORTVTT/LE—Fourth Sunday, at 11
a. m., Sunday school at 10 a. m; R. H.
Bonner, Supt.
BAPTIST.
UNION HILL-Forth Suadny and Sat
urday before 11 a. m.. T. H. Greer,
pastor; Sunday school at 10 a. m., R.
E. Hutchins. Supt.
NEW SALEM - First Sunday and
Saturday before at 11 a. m., TO. 33 r .
Sammons, pastor: Sunday school at 10
B. m., J. H. C. Ethridge, Supt.
BLOTJNTSVILLE—Third Sunday and
Saturday before at 11 a. m.. E. W.
Sammons, pastor: Sunday »chool at 3
p. m.; R. T. Smith. Supt.
BLEM—Fourth Sunday and Saturday
before at 11 a. in., E. ML Sammons,
pastor.
* TRIBUTES TO GRESHAM.
Atlanta Journal Journal Tie leaves a
record of distinguished services and a
public caretr without a stain.
Ohio State Journal: The country will
mourn his demise for he was an honest
man and faithful'in all the high places
he occupied.
Chicago Inter Ocean: He was a model
mar. in all the relations of life, and to
(his bereaved family goes out the sym¬
pathies of the nation.
Pittsburg Dispatch: The public career
of Walter Q. Gresham is one of which
the country must he proud and which
will make his death a grievous loss.
New York Times: Secretary Gresham
was wise, able, sound, accomplished and
charming. His death is a grievous loss
to the Administration and to t’hp nation.
Cincinnati drib-ire- True .a his sense of
duly, he brought his eharqcUr as a sol¬
dier to the te=t of political life, and, sac¬
rificed himself to the very !a.st, without
a thought of the consequences.
Baltimore Sun: His loss will he a loss
not only to the Administration, but to
the country witch h- has served so well
and whose interest and honor he has up¬
held with such signal ability and success.
Mcmphls Scimitar: The voice of de-
traction will not venture to follow him
to the crave and history will place him
among the put-llc min who have
well of their fellows in all the relations
of life.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph: Hts hon-
e.-ty of purpose, his thorough patriotism |
and hi* consnicuous gifts are unquestion- J
ed, a (fl will insure to the depart? 1 states- i
man 11 -1 r.f r*o«stnritv I
JEiiS, S
GRAY. JONES COUNTY, GA., JUNE 6, 1895
SUIT AGAINST
OUR SHERIFF.
PROCEEDINGS WERE COMMENCED
IN ATLANTA YESTERDAY.
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SHERIFF O'CONNOR AND DEPUTY
PRITCHARD DEFENDANTS.
A Wilke* County Murderer AVas
Cuptnrcd In Atlunta.
Atlanta, Ga., May^1 .—(Special.)—
I Sheriff P. J. O’Connor and (Deputy
Sheriff E. E. Pritchard, of Richmond
lounty, are defendants in a suit foi
$5,000 damages, filed In the City'Court
of Atlanta today.
The ground for tlie suit is alleged
false imprisonment, the aggrieved
party being j. a. Punch, a young
man quite well known in Atlanta, his
home being here.
Mr. W. Johnson, of Atlanta, ts
also made a party defendant to the
damage suit, the allegation being in
a general way that the Richmond
county authorities lent themselves to
an unlawful action in arresting and
holding the plaintiff for the purposa
of collecting a debt.
Punch, who says J, R. Tolleson,
the banker note shaver, who has fig¬
ured in so many sensational cases in
Atlanta, is the power beneath the
surface, in causing all his trouble,
and says xvhile on a visit to Augusta
last month he was arrested and lodg¬
ed in jail on a telegram from Atlan¬
ta stating that he xvas xvanted here
for cheating and swindling. He was
put in a cell April 25th, lie sets forth,
and kept there sixteen days before
brought to Atlanta, despite his pro¬
tests that the arrest was merely a
plan to collect a $21 debt, and his
demand to be speedily brought into
court.
While in the Augusta .jail Punch,
who i s a young man who wears good
clothes, and is accustomed to good
living-, declares that his life was
made an agony by the lice and other
filth of the place where he was con¬
fined. He says he was made to sleep
on the floor, and subjected to other
suffering by the sheriff and his dep¬
uty, all without a cause.
Finally, after sixteen days, thor¬
oughly. crushed and humiliated, Punch
was brought on to Atlanta by Depu¬
ty Pritchard, but the case against
him was dismissed by Justice of the
Peace Orr, on the repeated failure ot
M. W. Johnson, whose name appear¬
ed signed to the warrant, to offer to
prosecute him.
Punch claims that Sheriff O’Con¬
nor was negligent and acted in bad
faith in keeping him locked up for
sixteen days without allowing him the
privilege of a trial in court; that he
was not guilty of any criminal act,
but the defendants conspired to force
him to pay a small debt.
Col. R. O. Jordan is Punch’s attor¬
ney. He thinks 1/e has a good case
against Sheriff O'Cwjor and Deputy
Pritchard, as well as Johnson, and
says he will push it to the last point.
An Old Offender Cutis lit.
After evading arrest for over six
months, Allan Evans, a one-legged ne¬
gro wanted in Wilkes county lor snoot¬
ing another negro, was captured by
Sheriff Calloway, of Wilkes, here, and
returned to answer the indictment
against him. The shooting occurred
during the campaign last summer.
Evans claims to be a Democratic ne¬
gro, while the other was a Third Par-
tyite. The quarrel, Evans says,, was
brought on by the Third Party peo¬
ple attempting to force him over to
their side. He admitted the shoot¬
ing, but declared to the sheriff that
he was justified.
The negro was employed out at the
exposition grounds wh?n captured.
Sheriff Calloway was here on Wed¬
nesday in charge of the big barbecue
to the Washington correspondents,
which was spread under the trees out
at the exposition grounds. While out
there he saxv Evans and recognized
him, and after the barbecue was over
Sheriff Calloxvay went back to Wilkes,
and after securing a warrant for tha
negro’s arrest, returned to Atlanta
and took him in charge.
France Is Secure.
By Southern Associated Press.
Paris, May 31.—In the Senate today the
Marquis de L’Angle-Beaumanoir attack¬
ed the Government for sending warships
to take part in the opening of the Baltic
Sea Canal. M. Hanotaux. the Foreign
Minister, denied that the presence of a
French fleet at Kiel was equivalent to
ai>andoning Alsace-Lorraine to the Ger¬
mans. France, he said, was able to keep
poaco with Germany without altering the
sense or the moral authority of the na¬
tion, wh-ch was faithful to its traditions
and confident of its destiny.
A New Appointment.
I y Soulhern Associate! Press.
New Orleans, La., May 31.—it was an¬
nounced today that >ir. i<’. C. Shepard
h,ts been appointed General Freight
Agent of tile Louisvil -ovine
Railroad with headquarters at Montgom¬
ery. Ala., to succeed the late Theodore
\ f'lch. Mr. Shepard has been for some
years the commerjial agent of the Louis¬
ville and Nashvilie at this point and his
appointment to the responsible position
of general freight agent gives general
satisfaction to the business community.
Veterans Coaling Home.
Chicago, Ill., Ata..v 3. e r y of dis-
tinguished Southern ex-Confederate offi-
, ,. rs aIV(i ladies who took a prominent part
in the monument dedication, started on
GOLD MEN ARE
ORGANIZING.
ACTIVE WORK OF CAMPAIGNING
WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY.
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THE MOVEMENT, OF COURSE, COMES
FROM NEW YORK.
Read the List of Chief Mover* and
Then Ponder.
New York. May 27.—The Chamber of
Commerce of the city of New York have
decided to enter upon a crusade ngalnst
free silver coinage. The announced in¬
tention is to make at once a definite
issue between “cheap money” and
"sound money” and lay all other ques¬
tions aside, calling upon every friend of
"sound currency” to enlist at once in
the campaign against “cheap money.”
The crusade is to cover every section of
the country. A general committee of
7.8 members. Including the leaders in
every line of business in the metropolis,
has been appointed to direct the line ot
attack. Among its members are Isa-
(lore Strauss, Gustav H. Schwab, e red.
A. Constable, August Belmont, J. Pier-
pont Morgan, Carl Sefrurz, Cornelius
Vanderbilt. John Sloane. Anson lffielps
Stokes, Morris K. Jeawip and Edward
King. The general committee includes
an executive committee of nine, of
which August Schwab is chairman,
and there are sub-committees on press,
on publication, on correspondence, on
-operation with kindred organizations, dubs,
on formation of “sound money”
and on finance. the
Gustav H. Schwab in outlining
position of the Chamber of Commerce,
says: that they
"The committee bold repre¬
sent not only the New York 1 nisi ness
man, who can protect himself and make
money on a silver basis, as well as a
gold basis, but tlie interests of the
wage earner, the laborer, the factory
hand, and the savings bank depositor
who cannot protect himseJf against the
avarice of silver mine owners. The com¬
mittee do not discuss any plan of bank
currency.” Mr. Schwab is himself a
mine owner. ” h-
Francis Lon-Chrisman, a former a c
ington correspondent and a we’.l known
newspaper man of this city, has been
placed in charge of the committees
headquarters.
DECLARED A DRAW.
The Ryan-Smlth Contest a Wonder-
fnl Exhibition of Gamenea*.
Seaside Athletic Club, Coney Island.
May 27.—The principal attraction this,
evening was the bout between Tommy
Rvan, of Chicago; the American welter¬
weight champion, who has never lowered
v s colors, and “Mysterious” Billy Smith,
of Boston. The men are old rivals, having
already met three times. Once at
Coney Island again at Boston, and the
last time in Minneapolis. The first two
meetings were declared draws and the
last bout was awarded to Ryan, much to
Smith’s chagrin. resulted in another
Tonight’s contest the
draw on the 18th round, according to
referee, but the police interfered and
saved Smith from a knock out. There
was a good crowd present, about 3,000,
and It was full of enthusiasm. The sec¬
onds were: For Ryan—Joe Choynski,
Harry Ryan, of Canada and Jimmy Bar¬
ry of Chicago. For Smith—Bill Ucn*-e=
sey, of Clinton, Iowa, his brother, Bob
Smith, of Boston; Jim Kelley, of Califor¬
nia and Dick O’Brien, of Boston. The
men were matched to fight 25 rounds at
142 pounds. first to enter the ring
Snffth was the
at 8:1a, followed by trained Ryan, a the moment hour. later. The
Both men were to
fighting was vicious from the start, al¬
though Ryan played a waiting game and
took the leading man a good many foot
races. Smith received a bad one over the
eye in the third round. In the tenth round
Ryan was knocked heavily to the floor
and in the eleventh round he was knock¬
ed clear off his feet. Up to the sixteenth
round, the advantage was all with Smith,
but in the 17th round Ryan assumed the
offensive and rushed Smith repeatedly
and one terrific right nearly did the busi¬
ness for the Bostonian, but rallying with
wonderful sameness he cleverly eludrd
some heavy swings and recovered his
strength some.
In the 18th round Ryan again resumed
his rushing tactics and with a terrific
right and left swing laid Smith’s cheeks
open, and knocked him against the ropes.
The police interfered at this stage of the
fight and saved Smith from oeing knock¬
ed out. The referee declared the bout a
draw after two minutes on the 18th
round.
DON’T HAVE TO HIDE OUT.
Indian Territory Criminal Case
That Will Be Returned.
Washington. May 27.—Babe Beard
and a neighbor named Will .Tone* livpd
in the Indian Territory. They had a
quarrel over a cow. and one day .Tone*
came over on Beard’s premises with a
threatening look in h ; s eye and a hand
in his hit) pocket. Beard, following the
customs of the country under such cir¬
cumstances waived prelim’ tin ries and
fired. .Tones was killed. Bpartl was
tried before Judge Parker. The t a tter.
in instructing the jury, told them thnt
Beard should have done everything to
have kept out of Jones way in order to
avoid trouble, but in its opinion today,
rendered by Justice Harlan, thp Su¬
preme Court held that if a man can
defend himself it iR not necessary for
him to get out of another man’s way
on his own premises when the latter is
making a hnwtilp demonstration. The
opinion of the lower court is reversed
and the case remanded for a new trial.
Earthquake.
St. Petersburg, May 27.—A violent
shock of earthquake was experienced
In the village of Agikent In the dis¬
trict of Baku yesterday. Ninety-five
W,,. — ,„.( many ot
The power of Congress to exclude
aliens altogether from the United Sates
or to preecrllie which they the terms and conditions this
upon may come to
country and to have its declared policy
in that regard enforced officers, without exclusively
through executive i« ju¬
dicial intervention, settled by our pre¬
vious adjudications. by The apjieai remedy of
the appellant of the was from the to tlie de¬
Secretary Treasury
cision of his subordinate and not to
the courts. There is no room in the
language of the act of 1894 to doubt
that Congress Intended that It should
be interpreted as we have done In this
case. To avoid misapprehension it Is
proper to sa.v that the court does not
impose any opinion upon the question
of the facts aw slated in the applica¬
tion for the writ of habeas corpus, that
Moon Sing was entitled by right under
some law or treaty to re-enter the
United States. We mean only to decide
that the question has been constitution¬
ally committed by Congress for final
determination to the named officers of
the executive department of the Govern-
romif
The judgment of the court below de¬
nying the application for the writ of
habeas corpus is affirmed.
Justice Brewer dissented from this
opinion.
THE RANK IS SOUND.
The Defalcation* of the Cusblssr
Do Not Impair the A**eta.
By Southern Associated Press.
Albany, May 27.—District Attorney
Burlingame this morning called upon
aupt. Preston of the State Banking
Department and was officially noti¬
fied of the shortage of Cashier Griffin
of the Park Bank. The District At¬
torney’s office is now looking Into the
case. Supt. Preston gave out today
the following statement: “A regular
examination of the Park Bank of Al¬
bany was commenced on the 16th day
of May, 1895, and continued for sever¬
al days and resulted In the confession
of .Cashier Edward A. Grlffinto the
abstraction of a portion of the bank’s
funds, which sum was immediately
made good by the stockholders of the
bank and the resignation of the cash¬
ier was promptly accepted. No ap¬
prehension need be felt concerning the
entire soundness and stability of the
Institution as its affairs were never in
a better condition than they are to¬
day which fact is evidenced by the
report of the examiner which wax
completed Saturday. The report of
the examiner shows that the bank
had a surplus of $18,566.
Mr. B. S. W. Clarke, of Plattsburg,
who conducted the examination of
the .books of the bank had not pro-
ceded far before the cashier felt that
his shortage would be discovered and
brought his confession of the short¬
age forward.
It is understood the funds of the
bank were swallowed up in bucket
shop deals. The president of the bank
refused to speak of the shortage and
no intimation of the amount can be
obtained from those who are In a
position to know. The bank was or¬
ganized in 1889 and Mr. Griffin has
been the cashier from its inception.
He is married and has a small family.
The bank has a capital of $100,000 and
is doing a flourishing business. The
total resourc s are about $600,000 and
the amount due depositors $300,000.
The officials of the bank today re¬
fused to disclose the amount K>f the
shortage, although the. opinion prevails
that it is In the neighborhood of $18,-
000. The president of the bank said to¬
night that the district attorney’s letter
asking for the submission of tacts re¬
garding the defalcation would be re¬
ferred to the board of directors.
THE BODY IDENTIFIED.
The Insurgents Vainly Endeavored
to Rescue It Before Burled.
By Southern Associated Press.
Havana, 3I«y 27.—A dispatch body from of
Santin de Cuba say* that the
lose Marta, the rebel leader, arrived at
tilt at place by train yesterday. It was
escorted by a force of 700 Spanish being
troops for 42 miles jirior to it»
placed upon the train at Sam Luis. The
escort was attacked four times by In¬
surgents who endeavored to rescue tlie
body from the captors. The rebels were
repulsed each lime. The body was
buried at Santiago tie Gillwt at 8 o’clock
this morning after it had been identi¬
fied.
WITH FLYING COLORS.
A Judge Who Shoots as Well as He
Presides.
Charlotte, N. C., May 27.—A special
to The Observer from Fort Mill*, 8. C.,
tells of the shooting and probably fa¬
tal wounding there today of a young
mill-hand and desperado. Charles Brad¬
shaw, by Trial Justice McElhaney. The
fellow was up on some petty charge but
insisted on defying the judge and offi¬
cers with a drawn pistol. Squire 3fcEl-
haney went out and got a Winchester
rifle. As he returned to court the des¬
perado opened fire. Tlie “Judge” re¬
plied promptly with the Winchester,
with tlie result albove mentioned. The
court came out unscratched.
MURDERED BY HIS WIFE.
She Sneaked Up Behind Hep Hus¬
band nnd Cut His Throat.
Birmingham. May 27.—A special to
The Age-Herald from Meridian. Mig*..
says: Parky Seott last night, white in
a fit of jealousy walked behind her hus¬
band on a front street of Meridian, and
with a razor out hi« throat from ear to
ear and made good her escape. The
wounded man is in a very critical con¬
dition.
The First Peaches.
Atlanta, Ga., May 27.-Icort Valley.
Ga., shipped North today the first crate
of peaches of the season. The fruit will
be shipped In carload lota In about ten
days-
VOL. 1. NO. 23.
THE BURIAL
OF A SOLDIER.
SUCH WILL BE THE FUNERAL OF
SECRETARY GRESHAM.
UNITED STATES FLAGS AT HALF
MAST THE WORLD OVER.
Preliminary Services Will be In
East Room of White House.
14v Southern Associated Press
Washington, D. C., May 28.—Wal¬
ter Outnton Gresham will receive a
soldier’s burial. Except John A. Lo¬
ren, of Illinois, no other man. not of
the regular army, has ever before
been honored by the ordering out at
United States troops to attend his
funeral. The preliminary services will
take place In the East Room of the
White House, which has witnessed
some memorable obsequies, the last
being those of President Harrison's
wife, but which has never before been
the scene of the funeral services over
a cabinet officer. There will be the
further distinctive feature In tomor¬
row's sad ceremonies that the draper¬
ies and other accessories will be en¬
tirely military In character. The flag
Gen. Gresham loved so well, for which
he fought so bravely, and In whose
defence he was so grievously wounded,
will be the chief emblem of mourning
round his funeral casket. Bishop
Hurst, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, will conduct the services. He
was a warm personal friend of the
dead secretary, who himself was
brought up In the Methodist faith,
father and mother belonging to the
that denomination.
All the cabinet will be present ex¬
cept Secretary Carlisle, who will join
the funeral cortege enroute to Chi¬
cago, where It has been finally deter¬
mined that the Interment shall take
place. Secretary Hoke Smith, the only
other absentee of the President’s of¬
ficial family, returned this morning.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
Ambassador, as dean of the Diplo¬
matic Corps this evening convened
a meeting of the members of the Dip¬
lomatic Corps at hts embassy and af¬
ter adopting suitable resolutions of
sympathy on the occasion of the griev¬
ous loss which the Government of the
United States has sustained, deter¬
mined to attend the funeral services
In a body. Similar action was also
had by the Justices of the Supreme
Court. All the executive departments
have been ordered closed by an ex¬
ecutive order. This action with Deco¬
ration Day, a legal holiday, so close¬
ly following will practically shut off
public business for the balance of the
week.
The callers today at the Arlington
Annex, where the remains of the dead
Secretary will remain until removal
to the White House early tomorrow,
included all the foreign ambassadors
and ministers, the cabinet officers, the
Justices of the Supreme Court and
most of the other distinguished resi¬
dents of the city, Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland being among the earliest
visitors.
The Gresham apartments are in
that part of the Arlington known as
the Summer House, a building for¬
merly occupied as a private residence
by Charles Sumner, which faces La
Fayette square, one of the most beau¬
tiful public parks In Washington.
Half a block away workmen were
busy erecting a theatre on the site of
the house where James G. Blaine
died not more than two years ago.
Shortly after half past 10 o’clock, the
President and Mrs. Cleveland reach¬
ed the White House from Woodley.
In his private office, Mr. Cleveland
found Secretary Lamont and Secre¬
tary Morton waiting for him. No
other cabinet officers were present.
It had been arranged that the Presi¬
dent and the members of the cabinet
should see Mrs. Gresham at 11 o’clock
to make arrangements for the funeral.
The regular Tuesday’s cabinet meet¬
ing which was set for that hour was
therefore postponed and at 10:45 Mt.
and Mrs. Cleveland were driven over
to the Arlington, which Is almost op¬
posite the White House. The Presi¬
dent was dressed In black clothes and
wore a silk hat. He wore a long,
close-fitting black overcoat which con¬
tributed to his appearance of mourn,
lng. Mr. Cleveland did not look In
good health, bet showed signs of a se¬
vere bllllous attack from which he
has been recently suffering. Secre¬
tary Lamont had reached the hotel
from the White House just prior to
the arrival of the President. He and
Mrs. Lamont had been constantly In
attendance on Mrs. Gresham and had
done much by their practical sympa-
thy and active assistance to relieve
her sorrow. They remained at the Ar¬
lington long after Mr. Gresham had
nassed away and were there again at
9 o’clock this morning. Secretary La¬
mont assumed a large part of the
work necessary to perfect arrange¬
ments for the funeral and made sev¬
eral of the suggestions which were
subsequently adopted. During the
morning many distinguished persons
called at the Arlington and left their
cards. Chief Justice Fuller was one
of the first to appear. Attorney Gen¬
eral Olney called just before the
President and remained some time.
After a stay of three quarters of an
hour at the Arlington, the President
and Mrs. Cleveland returned to the
White House. Mr. Cleveland had ten¬
dered, and Mrs. Gresham had ac¬
cepted the use of the spacious East
Room for the funeral services and the
details of the funeral arrangements
were left to the cabinet, which as-
sembled about noon In Its regulai
meeting room. All the members of
the cabinet were present with the ex-
ception of Mr. Carlisle. Acting Sec¬
retary Uhl represented the State D»
partment.
At Half Mast.
Washington, I>. C., May 28.—The
President this afternoon issued the fol¬
lowing proclamation:
By the President of the United States:
Walter Q. Gresham. Secretary of
State, of the United States is dead.
The President in making this distria-
sing announcement to his fellow coun¬
trymen speaks from the depths of a
personal affliction to remind them that
they have lost a pure and noble servant,
a wise patriotic guardian of all their
rights and interests, a manly and loyal
American and a generous and lovahlo
man.
As a sivii able expression of national
bereavement, I direct that the diplomat¬
ic representatives of the United Stn'es
in nil foreign countries disp’ny the flags
over their emluissies and legations at
half mast for ten d^ys; that fi r a Mko
period the flag of the United States
be displayed at half mast at all fort*
and military posts and that at all naval
stations and on all vessels of the Uni¬
ted States.
I further order thnt on the day of
the funeral the executive departments
in tlie city of Washington be closed and
that on all public buildings throughout
the United States, the national flag be
displayed at half mast.
(Signed) GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President: Edwin F. Uhl.
acting Secretary of State.
Done at the city of Washington, this
twenty-eighth day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand and eight
hundred and ninety-five, and of the in¬
dependence of the United States of
America the one hundred and nine-
teenfh.
At the conclusion of the services at
the Executive Mansion the funeral es¬
cort. under command of Major General
Thomas IT. Rnger. U. S. A., will move
in the following order from the Execu¬
tive Mansion to the Baltimore and Ohio
depot: Military escort, calvary and phy¬
sicians who attended the deceased, pall-
hearers and hearse, relatives of dbeeas-
ed. Places will be reserved for the Pres¬
ident and heads of departments, mem¬
bers of the Senate and House of Rep¬
resentatives. justices of the Supreme
Court and diplomatic corps. assemble f)
Troops of the escort will at
o’clock a. m. on Pennsylvania avenue
in front of the Executive Mansion. The
route of the prooesnio’n will he Pennsyl¬
vania avenue to the railroad do 7 (ot.
The military escort will consist of all
the regular troops in and about Wash¬
ington, namely, five troops of the Sixth
Cavalry from Fort Meyer, Va., under
Col. Gordon; four batteries of the
fourth and one of the Third Artillery
from Washington barracks, under Col.
H. 3V. Classon. Seventh Artillery,
the Ratta'ion or marines from the Ma¬
rine barrack* anti the navy yard, under
command of Col. Hey wood.
The President and the members of
the Cabinet will accompany the remains
to Chicago, where the train will arrive
sometime on Thursday afternoon. Tht*.
President and Cabinet will consequently
not he able to take part in any rtf the
Decoration Day ceremonies in Washing¬
ton on May 80th.
The honorary jra.ll bearers will be
-'.pereta/ry Lamou’t, Attorney General
Huey, Secretary Smith, Postmaster
General Wilson, Secretary Herbert,
Secretary Morton. Acting S'cre'ary Uhl,
representing the State Department, and
tiding Secretary llam’.la, representing
decretory Carlisle. 31 r. Carlisle will
•oln the funeral ixirty on route. All
base wll3 accompany the remains to
Chicago with the potrdble exception of
Mr. Hamlin, whose place will be taken
by .Mr. Carlisle.
'Hie decorations for the East room
funeral services tomorrow are most
el a lio rate and of exceeding beauty nnd
surpass the attempts made on similar
ceisions. To carry out the inten¬
tion to make the occasion purely mili-
'■*ry the American flag is predominant
in the decoration display. Wherever
the eye wanders the Stars and Strl|icn
ire seen. Each of the four g’eat saloon
mirrors Is half hidden by a lar/e flag
ad every window is curtained by
bangings non loosed of the national
standtund, twenty feet long. These
form the Kick ground for ft display ot
growing plants and cut flowers, (lireat
spreading palms branch out from every
window and alcove and are surrounded
bv jsittisl oleander* and other gr emery.
White and gold Mower pot* holding
sinalled jialms and innumerable varie¬
ties of evergreen are banked on tlie
mantels and beneath them and cue
(towers tire Interspersed here and there
while wreaths of smilax entwine mlr-
rots aml windows and doorways. The
•ITocUvcnt-HM of tlie arrangement wan
greatly enhanced by the glow of elec¬
tric light* rendered soft through hemi¬
sphere* of thick glass of a plftkWh hue.
SOUTH CAROLINA’S CASE.
Appent From Judge Guff’s Decision
Postponed Until Today.
By Southern Associated Press,
Richmond. Va.. May 28.—In the Uni¬
ted States Circuit Court of Appeals hero
today a motion to docket an appeal from
Judge Goff’s decision declaring the
South Carolina registration unconstitu¬
tional was made and the matter ad¬
journed over to await the arrival of tho
chief justice who i« expected tomorrow.
There was no argument.,
It has lieen determined that t*e
Smith Carolina ease will tie heard by
tie chief justice. Judge SWnvton, of
South Carolina-, and Judge Hughe*, of
Virginia.
Wife Murderer Hanged.
By Southern Associated Press.
Columbus. O.. May 20.—Lafavtte
Prince was hanged in the Ohio neriiten-
tiary annex here tins morning fWednes-
dav ' Tlie trap was sprung at 12:11,
and fourteen and one-bn!f minutes later
the victim was dead, his neck having
been broken. He m»(le no statement,
simply replying that he had nothing to
sav when the usual question was ask-
ed Mm, He murdered bis wife.