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The J ones County News.
M. C. GREKNE, PUBLISHER.
THE 54TH CONGRESS.
ItOUTINK OK HOU9B AND SENATE
BRIEFLY CHRONICLED.
Summary of Rills and Resolutions
Presented und Acted Upon.
TIIE HOUSE.
There was a dash of excitement in
tho opening proceedings of tho house
Wednesday. Mr. Bartlett (Dcm., N.
Y.,) roso to a question of personal
privilege to deny a statement that he
had furnished tho campaign circular
used by Mr. Sulzer (Dcm., N. Y.) a
few days ago in an attack upon Mr.
Gibson (Rep., Tcnn.) Ho denounced
the charge as “a libel and a lie.”
Mr. Boutelle (Rop., Me.) was on his
feet as soon ns Mr. Bartlett sat down.
He, too,had a question of personal priv¬
ilege to present,’he said, in connection
with a colloquy between General
Wheeler of Alabama and himself, dur¬
ing the debate on tho Confederate dis¬
ability bill Tuesday. His opening
sentence raised a laugh.
“During one of those gusts occasionally of fer-
vid enthusiasm which
sweeps over the house,” said Mr. Bou-
tclle, “and almost drive us into war
with England and Spain, the houso on
yesterday undertook negotiations with
tho southern confederacy for peace. I
made a few remarks and several gen¬
tlemen wero anxious to give mo in¬
structions.” He then read from the
Congressional Record to show that
General Wheeler had altered the rec¬
ord so as to say that “many democrats
voted for tho bill to relievo General
Grant,’’instead of “all the democrats,”
ns the oflicial notes reported him' “As
n matter of fact,” Mr. Boutelle said,
“the vote on the Grant bill was 198
ayes to 79 nays.
Mr. Owens (Dem., Ken.) attempted
to prevent Mr. Boutelle from rehears¬
ing the history of tho bill and the
speaker thought that branch of tho
matter was not competent but Mr.
Boutelle made his point by staling
that 58 of tho 79 votes against the bill
were cast by ex-Confederates.
He moved that the record be cor¬
rected and without objection it was so
ordered.
Mr. Wheeler, meantime, was clamor¬
ing for recognition. Ho wanted to
reviow the history of the Grant bill,
but this not being permitted, he con¬
tented himself by offering ns an ex¬
planation for tho change made in the
record that he thought a gentleman in
revising his remarks had a right to
mnke his statements conform to the
truth. The houso then, on motion of
Mr. Boutelle, wont into committee of
the whole and took up the considera-
tion of the naval appropriation bill.
The houso spent most of Thursday’s
session in discussing in committee Mr. of
the whole the motion offered by
Hanley, member of the committee on
naval affairs, to amend tho naval ap¬
propriation bill for the year ending
June 30, 1897, by providing for tho
construction of six battleships instead
of four, as recommended by tho com¬
mittee. The motion was supported by
Messrs. Hanley, Johnson, republican,
of California, anil Cummings, of New
York, and opposed by Messrs. Hulick,
of Ohio; Robinson, of Pennsylvania,
and Boutelle, of Maino. Tho motion
was lost—82 to 134.
Without further amendment the bill
was reported to tho houso and passed,
exactly as recommended by tho com¬
mittee—the first appropriation bill of
fhe session to pass without amend¬
ments. Among the morning miscel¬
laneous business transacted was tho
passago of two or three private bills,
tbe presentation Mr. Heatwole, of a concurrent Minnesota, reso¬
lution by of
authorizing the appointment by the
president of a banking and cur-
rency commission to consist of
nine citizens to act with the comp¬
troller of the currency and to report
their recommendations nnd conclus¬
ions to congress which was referred to
the committee on banking and cur¬
rency and the presentation of tho re¬
port of the congressional committee
on the opening of tho Chickamanga
■v National park, by Mr. Grosvenor. Mr.
Cannon reported tho sundry civil ap¬
propriation bill for the year ending
Juno 30, 1877, and gave notieo that he
wcu'd ask tho house to consider it
Friday.
At 5:10 o’clock the house adjourned.
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio,
has submitted to tbe house tho report
of the joint committee representing
congress that participated in the three
days’ dedicatory exercise of the Chieka-
mauga and Chattanooga national park
in September last. The report says
the event proved to be without prece¬
dent in tho history of wars, and one
which would not bo possible in any
other nation but this, for hero wero
found gathered in enthusiastic com¬
radeship the most distinguished sur¬
viving leaders of both sides, and many
thousands of the rank and file of tho
onee contending forces.
In tbe house, Friday, Mr. Hitt,
chairman of the foreign affairs com¬
mittee, decided after consultation with
Speaker Reed not to call up tho con¬
ference report on the Cuban resolu¬
tions until the sundry civil appropria¬
tion bill, which Mr. Cannon gave no¬
tice he would call up during the day,
had been passed. (Rep., Ia.) antago¬
Mr. Hepburn consideration of tho sundry
nized the
civil appropriation bill, by moving
that the house proceed to the consid¬
eration of private claims. Friday,
the rules, belongs to the com-
mittee on claims, but this was the first
time the question had been raised at
this session. Mr. Cannon opposed the
motion of Mr. Hepburn, but on a
rising vote he was defeated—88 to 6G.
Mr. Cannon then demanded the yeas
and navs which were ordered. The
roll call resulted 142 to 77. Tho an¬
nouncement of the viotory over tho
appropriations committee was received
with great jubilation by tho members
interested in privato bills.
Tho houso then went into com¬
mittee of tho whole for tho considera¬
tion of bills on tho privato calendar.
THE SENATE.
Both the floor of the senato and the
galleries were well nigh deserted when
the session opened Wednesday, ns thero
was promise that tho ixeiting Cuban
debate would givo way to the routino
of appropriation bills.
Mr. Sherman presented . i-vori ulo
report on tho resolutions authorizing
ex-President Benjamin Harrison to
acoept decorations conferred on him
by Brazil and Spain while ho was
president. immodiato
Mr. Sherman asked nc-
tion.
“Let the resolution go over,” inter¬
rupted Mr. Allen (Pop., Neb.) Ouo
objection was sufficient to prevent im¬
mediate action, so the resolution went
over.
Mr. Galinger (republican, Now
Hampshire,) proposed an amendment
to the constitution to be known an Ar¬
ticle XVJ, providing that neither con¬
gress nor any state shall pass auv law
respecting an establishment of re¬
ligion, or prohibiting tho free exer¬
cise thereof, or use the credit of tho
United States, or any state, or any
money raised by taxation for the pur¬
pose of founding, maintaining or aid¬
ing any church, religious denomina¬
tion, or religious society, or any insti¬
tution, society or undertaking, which
is wholly or in part under sectarian or
ecclesiastical control.
Mr. Platt (Rep., Conn.) said he
thought it about tirno to consider the
question of adjournment, and without
further comment he offered tho fol¬
lowing:
IPaolv it, by tho senate anil the houso of rep¬
resentatives, that tho president of tho senate
and the speaker of tho bouse of representatives
be author zed to close tho present s ssion by
adjourning their lospectivo l ouse! on the sec¬
ond day of May, at 2 o’clock p. m.
Without further comment tho reso¬
lution was referred to the committee
on appropriations and the sonate turned
to the consideration of tho legislative
appropriation bill.
None of tbe matters that come up
before the senate Thursday were of
much public interest and importance.
One-third of the time was consumed
over a joint resolution appointing Ber¬
nard R. Green successor to Gen. Casey
in the matter of the construction of tbe
now library building in Washington;
nearly as much time on an amondmont
to tho legislative appropriation allow¬
ing a third clerk to tho senato com¬
mittee on pensions ; and all tho rest
of the time on a motion mailo by Mr.
Sherman to strike out of tho legisla¬
tive bill all the sections in relation to
the compensation of United States dis¬
trict attorneys, clerks and marshals.
This latter subject was not disposed of
when the senato adjourned.
The joint resolution reported Wed¬
nesday by Mr. Sherman, from the
committee on foreign relations, author¬
izing Benjamin Harrison to accept
certain medals presented to him by
the governments of Brazil und Spaiu
during his term of service as president
of the United States was taken up nnd
passed.
Mr. Allen, populist, of Nebraska,
offered a resolution as follows:
“Rosolved, That congress should,
by appropriate legislation and without
further delay, restore silver to the free
nnd unlimited coinage at tho ratio of
10 parts of standard silver to 1 part of
gold, and should, by appropriation,
withdraw from tho secretary of the
treasury any power he may now have
to issuo the bonds or other interest-
bearing obligations of tbe United
States until the necessity therefor
shall be declared by congress nnd that
congress should not adjourn until these
things have been accomplished.
The resolution was laid on tho tablo
for the present.
At 5:20 o’clock tho senate adjourned
until Friday.
The legislative appropriation bill
passed tbe senate Friday after occupy¬
ing tho attention of that body every
day during the past week. It appro¬
priates in round numbers $25,500,000.
There was much debate upon it—first
on Senator Sherman’s motion to strike
out all the section relating to the com¬
pensation of United States district at¬
torneys, clerks and marshals (putting
them on a salary system of fees) anil
then on Senator Hill’s motion to strike
out a provision changing tho time
of the meeting of the legislative as¬
sembly of New Mexico. Mr. Sher¬
man’s motion was defeated—yeas 18,
nays 30, so that tbe bill remains (in
that respect) as it passed tbe house.
Mr. Hill’s motion developed a politi¬
cal controversy and notice was given
by Mr. Gorman, democrat of Mary¬
land, that the discussion could not be
cut off, but would assume pretty large
dimensions. With the object of avoid¬
ing this threatened political debate
Mr. Cullom, republican, of Illinois,
who was in charge of the bill, moved
to lay Mr. Hill’s motion on the table,
but Mr. Cullom’s motion was disa¬
greed to—yeas 21, nays 29.
The democratic senators were aided
by the votes of the populists and of
two republicans, Senators Frye and
Wolcott. Thereupon Mr. Cullom
withdrew all opposition to Mr. Hill’s
motion and it was agreed to. That
practically ended the consideration of
tbe bill and it was passed without a
division. The senate theD, at 4:50
o’clock, adjourned until Monday.
Riley Is Much Improved.
The rumor sent out from Indianap-
oplis that James Whitcomb Riley, the
Hoosier dialect poet, was suffering
from an attack of brain fever, was ex¬
aggerated. Mr. Riley has been
slightly ill, but is now up and around.
GRAY. JONES CO., GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 2, IS!)/;.
DASTARDLY CRIME.
AN OLD COUPLE MURDERED
WHILE ASLEEP.
Other Members of the Family At¬
tacked anil Fatally Injured.
At 1 o’clock Sunday morning a crime
of almost unparalleled atrocity was
perpetrated near Tallmadgc, a village
five miles north of Akron, Ohio. Alvin
Stone, sixty-five years of age, nnd his
wife, sixty-two years of age, while
asleep at their liome, were brutally
murdered by a fiend, who literally
bent their heads to pieces, after
which numerous knife thrusts
wero made into tho bodies of tho dead.
Two daughters, Hattie, twenty-nine
years of age, and Emma, twenty-seven
years of age, and tho family man attacked. eer-
vant,A. F. Stillson.were also
All three of these were fatally injured,
nnd lie at their homo awaiting death.
They had been beaten about the head
with n blunt instillment, which must
havo been of great size sud weight.
Alvin Stono wnB among tbo most
wealthy and prominent Summit coun¬
ty farmers, aud his wifo was also a
member of one of tbo wealthiest aud
most prominent families in northeast¬
ern Ohio, Tho object of tbo murder¬
ous assault on tho family was not rob¬
bery, os numerous articles of valuo,
including two gold watches of tho aged
peoplo, which were on the bedroom
dresser, were not taken. The crime
is shrouded iu mystery, aud tho wholo
country ia agitated. rests
The only suspicion ns employed yet on
one John Smith, who is nt
Edward Parlor’s blacksmith shop, ono-
oighth of a mile from tho Stono home¬
stead. Smith was discharged by Alvin
Stono two weeks ago. Tho former
was a chores man about tho placo.
Tho two men had given angry words
aud Smith departed in great anger.
He is now under police surveillance.
One member of tho family alone es¬
caped injury—Flora, tho youngest
daughter, aged sixteen. Sho is labor¬
ing under intense nervous excitement,
but was able, betweon tears and hys-
terial sobs, to tell what sho knew of
the affair.
The old folks, she said, occupied n
ohambor on the lower floor. Hattio
and Flora slept upstairs, Emma across
the hall aud tho hired man at tho rear
end of tho hallway on the same floor.
About 1 o’clock Sunday morning, Flora
says, she heard on agonized Bcream
from Emma. Sho jumped from tho bed
and opening tho door started to cross
tho hall. Hattio followed her. Flora
turning before sho entered Emma’s
room, the door being open, saw a
masked man strike Hattie over (ho
head with what looked like a crowbar.
Hattie, with a groan, fell senseless to
tho floor, while Flora, in terror, ran
back to her room anil bid. Hattie,
who is a woman of remarkable vitality,
despite her frightful injury, arose,
and, going to Flora’s room, asked hor
to throw something over her head.
Flora was too frightened to move.
Hattie left her room anil entering that
of hor sistor, noticed tho room was
open nnd that a ladder reached up
from tho ground. Sho wrapped a
quilt around her and went down tho
ladder, running to Charles Sackett’s
farm, where sho told her story and
collapsed. Sackotts went to tho
Two of the
Stono house, while another summoned
a physician. When they arrived the
house was pitch dark. Tho side door
was open. Entering the room occu¬
pied by tbo old folks, they wero con¬
fronted by the two horribly mutilated
bodies of tho father nDd mother. Em¬
ma was found unconscious on tho floor
of her bedroom. Sho bad been struck
a fearful blow over tbe forehead, and
still lay as one dead. Tho hired man
vas found in his room in tbe tame
condition. Ho had also been struck
over tho forehead. Flora was found
under the bed clothes in speechless
fright.
DEATH IN KLAMICS.
Four Killed anil Two Injured fn a
Fire at New York.
Four persons wero killed and two
injured early Sunday morning in a
fire at No. 374 Hudson street, New
York city. The building is a three-
story brick bouse, used for dwelling
and store purposes. The two upper
floors sheltered four families.
The firemen could not rescue every
one in the building, beeauso of im¬
mense quantities of smoke. One wo¬
man leaped from a window nnd was
killed outright. After tho fire hnd
been extinguished threo bodies were
found of people who hail been suffoca¬
ted.
DATES CHANGED.
Some Alterations Ln the Time of tlio
Crisp-Smith Debates.
A Washington special of Tuosday
says: accommodate the ot
To managers
the chantauqua-at Albany, Judge Crisp
and Secretary Smith havo changed tho
date ot their joint debate at Albany.
This chango involved some othor
changes in their dates. As now ar-
ranged they will speak in Albany on
April lOtb, Waycross the 11th, and
Lexington the 14th. Other dates will
remain a3 previously announced.
INDICTED GOVERNOR ALTGELD
Along With Trustees of University of
Illinois.
The Champaign county, Ill., grand
jury has indicted Gov. John P. Altgelil
and the entire board of trustees of tho
University of Illinois for not comply¬
ing with the state law requiring that
tho American flag be displayed over
the state university building.
BOOM HI) REED.
Massachusetts Republicans In State
Convention.
Accompanied with enthusiasm that
rocked tho great mnsiohall auditorium,
tho Massachusetts state convention for
tho election of delegates to tho Repub¬
lican national convention at St. Louis,
was held at Boston Friday.
The delegates assembled with only
one name in thoir minds as thoir
ehoioe for tho presidential nomination.
It was that of Hon. Thomas B. Boed
of Maiue. Consequently any reference
to the man or his sentiments was the
signal for cheers and applause; and
again tho building trembled with
shouts and handclapping, cheers nnd
waving of hats as tbe delegations con¬
tested with each other in manifesting
their appreciation of their favorite.
Tho resolutions adopted wero, in
part, as follows:
“We believe that tho government
should have nil ample revenue with a
Biiffioieut surplus over ordinary expen¬
ditures to provide for coast defenses,
for tho stoady building up of tho navy,
and for the constant reduction of the
public debt.
“Wo boliove that the presont tariff
with its lowered rates and its destruc¬
tive and dishonest system of underval¬
uations should bo replaced by one
framed on protective principles, and
arranged to givo an ample protection
to American wages and American in¬
dustry and to restore tbo reciprocity
policy of Jnmes G. Bloiuo.
“We regard the silver agitation us
hurtful to business and destructive of
confidence, and ns has recently been
shown, hostilo to all tariff legislation
designed to givo protection to our in¬
dustries and revenue to our treasury.
We aro entirely opposed to tho free
and unlimited coinage of silver anil
to any change in tho existing gold
standard except on international agree¬
ment.
Tho United Stntos should adhere
rigidly to tho American principle of
tho entire separation of church and
state nnd no appropriation of public
money for tho Indians or for others
should be permitted,
“We bavo never interfered, nnd
shall not now interfere, with tho long
established possessions of any Euro¬
pean power in the Americas. But
thsir possessions must not be extend¬
ed. Tho Monroo doctrine as declared
in 1823 and enforced in 1865 and
1895 must always be upheld.
We sympathize with tho Cubans in
their strugglo for independence. As
frieuds of freedom everywhere, we
wish them success and believe that the
United States should use its influence
and good offices in the interests of hu¬
manity to bring to an end tho usoless
and bloody war now, desolating Cuba
und to give t6 tho people of that island
pouco and self government,
“Massachusetts republicans have
never undertaken to ploilgo or bind
their delegates to a national conven¬
tion. We do not intend to do so now.
But we think it fitting to doclaro onr
decided preference among tbo candi¬
dates for tho republican nomina¬
tion for tbo presidency. Wo pre¬
sent to tho national convention for
nomination as president and we
urge all our delegates to givo their
earnest, united and active support to
a fearless leader, tried in many hard
coulliots, a rann of national reputa¬
tion, of unblemished character, un¬
swerving republicanism nnd great
abilities, tho lion. Thomas Brackett
Reed, of Maino.”
When at longth the enthusiasm had
been given full vent und tbo reading
of tbo platform was ended, Senator
Lodge offered a resolution on tho death
of tho late Governor Fredrick L.
Greenhalgo which was unanimously
adopted by a rising voto.
Then followed tbo election of four
delegates at largo to tho national con¬
vention. They are: Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge of Nahant; W. Murray
Crane of Dalton, Ebon S. Draper of
nopedale, and Curtis Gill, of Boston.
They wero chosen by acclamation.
Grover Is Fifty-Two.
President Cleveland was fifty-two
years old Wednesday. Thero was no
particular celebration of the event at
the white house arid Mr. Cleveland
passod tho day as usual, at his desk.
Home of his personal friendu, includ¬
ing Senator Vilas and Rev. Byron
Sunderland, his pastor, romembored
tbo occasion aud called during the
morning to pay their respects.
Reorganization Effected.
The directors of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron aud Railroad company met in
New York city Wednesday and organ¬
ized by re-electing tho present officers.
James T. Woodward, W. 8. Gurliee
and James Bwaun wero appointed a
committoo of three to look nftor tho
erection of a stec! plant at Birming¬
ham, Ala.
Instructed for Tuylor,
Haywood county, Tonn.,with seven
teen votes, Lauderdale with twelve.
Williamson with six aud Iloano with
eight, have all instructed for Bob Tay¬
lor for governor and the
judges of tbe court of appeals. The
first throe instruct/?! for free coiuasre.
Riot ln a Mexican Lumber Camp.
A riot took pluct Sunday in a lum¬
ber camp near Gtiadelajura, Mexico,
and resulted in three Mexicans
killed. George Roberts, tho American
superintendent, was seriously wounded.
The riot was caused by a demand
higher wages, which waa refused.
Hurucil Weyler In Effigy.
In Ybor City, Flu., Friday night
number of Cuban nnd American
makers burned General Weyler iu
nnd destroyed a Spanish flag.
feeling between the Cuban and
is residents is increasing in
ness, and a collision is not unlikely.
ALLISON AND EKED
Carry the Day In tho Texas Republican
Convention.
The Toxas Republican convention
met at Austin Thursday morning, but
tbo credentials committee not being
ready to report tbo convention ad-
jonrned till 1 o’clock.
When the convention reassembled at.
1:30 tho committee on credentials re¬
ported, throwing ont McKinley prox¬
ies from forty to fifty counties. Both
delegations from Grayson county wore
seated, and each given half a voto. A
minority report by tbe McKinley fac¬
tion was ruled out of order by Cunoy
beoauso it was not prepared in tbo
committee room, Webb Flnnnigau,
amid a terrific uproar, offered a sub¬
stitute for tbo majority report, but
lie, too, was ruled out of order.
Amidst the confusion tho majority
report was agreed to nnd tho election
of delegates to St. Louis was pro¬
ceeded with. Chairman Cuney an¬
nounced that ho and Ferguson, colored
(Allison), and Mnkcmson and Terrell,
white (Reed), had been oleoted. Tbe
announcement caused the wildest ex¬
citement and tho MoKinley men at¬
tempted to capture tho platform. A
row followed in which WebbFlannignn
was struck on the bond and knocked
down, but tbe row was finally quelled
without further serious results.
Tho regular convention, amid groat
uproar, declared itself adjourned sino
die, and tho McKinley itos took pos¬
session of tho hull, They organized
with 621 ilolegates, of whom one bird
wore colored. The mooting was har¬
monious.
A BLOW AT CORPORATIONS.
Important United States Supremo
Court Decisions.
By a bare majority tho supremo decided
court of the United States has
that persons subpoenaed to testify as
to violations of the inter-state com¬
merce law, especially iu tho matter of
the payment of illegnl rebates on
freight to favored shippers, must givo
their evidence or ho in contempt of
court. Tho cose at bar come on appeal in
habeas corpus proceedings from tho
circuit court for tho western district of
Pennsylvania, tho parties of record be¬
ing Theo F. Brown aud John W.
Walker, marshal for that district.
Brown was tho auditor of the Allegha¬
ny Valley Eailroad, and was subpoe¬
naed to appear boforo tho graud jury
aud testily ns to tho payment of re¬
bates to tho Union Coal company, or
to the transportation for that company
of coal at less than tariff rates, in
1894-’95. Brown doclined to answer
on tho ground that to do so would
tend to accuse nnd incriminate
himself, and ploadod his constitu¬
tional prerogative in that behalf. Tho
judge of tho district court held that ho
must answer, and still refusing to do
so, he was adjudged to bo in contempt,
and committed to tbe custody of tho
marshal until ho did answer nnd pniil
a fino of $5. He applied to tbo oirouit
court for release on a writ of habeas
corpus, but that court declined to dis¬
charge him. Thereupon ho appealed United
to the supreme court of tho
States. The case was argued in Janu¬
ary last. Mr. Jusiico Brown delivered
tho opinion of tho court.
FOR ONE CONVENTION
The Tennesseo Stuto Kx’ccutlCo Com¬
mittee Are Agreed.
Tonnossoo democrats havo plaoe/1
themsolvos in tho ono convention ool-
umn. Tho stato executive committed
mot at Nashville last Monday and
took action similar to that taken by
tho Georgia state committoo, adopting
resolutions providing that tho delegates
to the national oonvoution at Chicago,
the democratic electors for Tonnossoo
and tho democratic standard-bearer in
tho state campaign shall bo selected at
a convention to bo bold iu Nashville
on May 7th.
Another convention is providod for.
This is for tlio selection of chancery
judges and is to bo bold on May Oth.
Tho samo sot of delegates will com¬
prise tho two conventions. I ho dis¬
tinction may soem to outsiders u somo-
wliut peculiar ono, but Tenncssoodem-
ocrats beliovo in tbo separation of tbo
judiciary from politics and for that
reason a speciul convention selects tho
candidates for tho judgeships, supposed to
Tho first convention is
iguoro politics altogether and deni
only with rnon in relation to tho ex¬
alted office of tho judgeship. Ou tlio
Oth of May, therefore, tho men who
have been sent by tbo various counties
to tho state convention, will get to¬
gether for the single purpose of nom-
inating the judges. delegates
Tho next day tho same
will get together again and select dele¬
gates to Chicago, name presidential
electors and nominate a candidate for
governor.
TOUT RILEY DYING.
Seized Suddenly With a Dangerous
Illness.
A special of Saturday morning from
Indianapolis Mates that tho friends of
James Whitcomb Kiloy, tho Hoosier
poet, aro very much alarmed over a
sudden and dangerous illness which
began Thursday night, and which 1/as
continued. Friday morning
At on early hour
Mr. Holstein, with whom Riley is
boarding, was aroused by incoherent
noises in Riley’s room and upon enter¬
ing found him in a delirious condi¬
tion. Medical attendance was nt
once given and the poet was attack
to be suffering from an
brain fever. Mr. Riley was
very much excited and it was
sible to bring him under the
/d opiates. Ice was placed upon
In ad in large quantities and kept
all sleep'through day, and ho wus finally gotten
tho influence of
VOL If. NO. 14.
INDIANA DOCKED.
THE BIG STEAMER LANDED
IIl(i II AND DRY.
Everything Connected With tho Dock¬
ing Worked Successfully.
At just 7:30 o’clock Friday morning
on a tide which had been obbiug for a
good hour the battleship Indiaua
steamed gallantly through tho caisson
of tho government dry dock ou Baris
island with fully fifteen inohes to sparo
between hor keel and tho blocks.
It was a glad day for tbo peoplo of
Port Royal, and tho satisfaction de¬
picted upon tho fnoos of the officers at
tho naval station was a sufficient testi¬
monial of tho gratification which they
experienced in tho vindication of tho
work upon which they lmvo labored so
long anil so faithfully, anil upon which
of lato some peoplo have attempted to
cast aspersions. Tho docking Friday
morning was u triumph for tho harbor
of Port Royal anil for every Tho friend battle¬ of
tho Paris island station.
ship was put on tbo blocks not only
with perfeot ease, but whou llio tiilo
had boon running ont for at least an
hour.
Ou tho 25tli tho unofficial reckoning
of tho water showed twenty-seven foot
in tho dock and Thursday there was as
much more. Tho Indiana draws twenty-
four feet and on oithor of tho tidos
mentioned it is claimed that she could
have gone in with abundanoe of water
to spare. Tho officers in charge, how¬
ever, doubtless know best. They lmvo
ut all events docked the Indiana suc¬
cessfully and that has always been the
great consideration.
Tho tido Friday morning was at its
height uliout 6 :80 o’clock aud it hud
been designed to run tho vossol into
tho caisson nt, that hour. But when
tho morning camo tho whole harbor
was enveloped in a dense shroud of
mist and fog. Tbo battleship waa
steored cautiously for tbo doek in tbo
leading strings of four tugs, Ho
much delay was occasioned by tho fog
that it was not until 7 o’clock that she
cleared tho caisson and ilontod iu tho
wator of the dry dock. According to
tho official figures thero wero then
twenty-fivo feet anil eight inches of
tide. This was about four inches be¬
low tho normal, but it gave tho battlo-
ship a good fifteen inches to sparo
above tho blocks.
Tho pumps wero turned on ns soon
us everything was prouounoed to bo
snug. At lirHt tho pumping was pur¬
posely douo very slowly to givo tho
men at work ou tho ship’s sides a hot¬
ter chuuoo to work. Three hours af¬
ter tho work had started there were
still ton feet of water in tho dock.
During tho forenoon many excur¬
sion parties camo down to tho island
from Beaufort and Port Royal and tho
successful docking of tho vessel was
made tho subject of many congratula¬
tions and much merry-making. It was
not until lute in tho afternoon that
tho hist bit of wator was pumped stood out
of tho dock. At 6 o’clock she
high and dry on tho blocks. Who
restod Btruight ou hor kcol nnd sho
was by actual moasuremont just fiye
foot ten inohes above the floor of tho
dock.
The officers and tho gontlomon offi¬
cially connected with tho station or
tho battleship aro as usual very reti¬
cent, but their satisfaction with tho
result of tho day’s work is expressed
in many ways. No one can say, of
course, what tho official roport will be,
but it is believed that it will express
tho conviction that tho doek is in
splendid condition anil that it is capa¬
ble of holding any ship in tho navy.
The officers uh yot, however, will say
nothing for publication.
It is an open secret that the docking
could liavo tuken pluco almost nny day
during tho last week, but it was
thought best to wait till the period of
tho highest spring tides. The officers
thought that it was vory important to
have just ns much wator as possible for
tbo first trial of tlm structure.
MR. REED REBUFFED.
Turned Down for tlio First Time In
tlio Houso This Session.
Speaker Tom Rood was turnod down
for tbe first time in this congress by
tho houso Friday morning. Tho speaker
wants an early adjournment. To suc¬
ceed iu that the appropriation bills
must bo disposed of early. Rood gave
orders that tho houso should tuko up
the sundry civil appropriation bill.
His leaders attempted it,but tbo bouse
rebelled, and by voto took up the pri¬
vato calendar, whereupon Mr. Ilood
evinced much anger, but could
do nothing but swear vengoanco
against McKinley’s friends, who
ho declares inspired tho rebellion. This
was the first act of tho McKinley peo¬
plo to prevent early adjournment. It
menus that they will throw every ob¬
stacle in tho way of it and will suc¬
ceed in keeping congress iu session
until after tho national conventions.
Reed refused to allow tbo Cuban con¬
ference report to be taken up and that
went over until Monday. Mr. Hill,
who has chargo of it, is a strong Reed
man aud conspired with the man from
Maine.
CAliR REPRIEVED.
Ills Execution Staved Off for Thirty
Days.
A special from Atlanta, Ga., states
that Governor Atkinson has reprieved
Alex Carr for thirty days. Carr’s con¬
fession that he is sane, and that he has
been shamming,has made a great many
persons who believed him sane come to
tho conclusion that ho is really insano
after all. Had he held ont twenty-four
hours longer he certainly would have
gone to the asylum by a reprieve from
the governor.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Jones County Government.
Judge Superior Court—J. O. Hart,
Solicitor General—H. G. Lewis.
Senator—Hon. W. H. Harrison.
Representative—Hon. J. F. Aador-
son.
Ordinary—R. T. Ross.
Clerk Superior Court—W. W. Bar-
ron.
Sheriff—R. N. Ethridge. Stewart.
County Treasurer—F. M.
Tax Reoeiver—J. A. Chiles.
County Survey or-R. H. Bonner.
Coroner—R. B. Court—J. Trapp. O. Barron.
Judge County
Junv Commissioners —W. A. Card,
J. M. Middlebrooks, J. F. Barron,
John Gresham, E. P. Morton.
Counti Board of Education —D.
Anchors, Joe W. Barron, J. R. Van
Bnran, 8. A. Hodge, J. W. Anderson.
County Sonoon Commissioner —A.
H. 8. MoKay. P. O., Plentitudo.
County Commissioners — W. F.
White, J. T. Speights, E. T. Morton,
H. T. Moore, John T. Glover.
lie tafia & Atlantic R. R.
TIME TABLE.
Iu EO'eot December 23.
IIkid Down. Head Up.
P. M.
11 00 7 15 a Oa. 11. It. hr. Augusta 8 30
9 00 A M '* Lv Macon Ar Ga 2 4ft
1. M P. M. I*. M.|I\ 20 1 M. 05
6 20 1 05 1 • Mtlledgevllle Junc.-.Ar ••••Ar h 8 ir> 12 oo
i i SO r. I 10 Efttonton Merri Ar 7 50 12 25
0 1 32 • wether.... 05
7 00 ! so • • • • Den nia.......Ar 7 30.12 06 36
7 M 2 10 Ar ...Eatonton . Lv 7 11
7 40 2 10 ...Eftionton . A l 7 06 11 35
8 10 2 85 ... Willards • Ar C 5.8, )1 16
8 38 2 65 • •.Alkenton . Ar fl 2010 60
h 5& 8 07 Ly ...Maohen*- • Ar 6 05 10 35
0 00 3 12 Lv ..Shady Dale Ar 6 00 10 30
# IS a n Lv...., ...Kelly ....Ar 5 43 10 15
.... 00
!> 4! 8 45 Lv... Broughton YilJe.. . Ar 5 31 10 511
t 00 3 43 Lv......Newborn......Ar Carmel J s S3 is SI !l 33
10 on 8 49 Lv.... uno-...Ar S 20
10 10 8 55 Lv Hayes Ar 4 55 0 .
10 22 4 02 Lv..... Btarrsvil'o Ar 4 45 9 08
10 47 4 1H Lv.. Covington June ..Ar -4 27 8 48
10 50 4 20 Ar .....Covington ••••.Lv 4 26 8 47
12 IS 8~W> Oa. lOT Ar Atlanta I.v sTiS is?
0 30 M. & N. A r Macon Lv l> on a.iu
M. & N. Ar Athens Lv 2 25 A.44.
JOSEPH W, PRESTON, General Manager.
A Biblical Calendar.
England boosts of a genius who 1ms
produced a “Calendar of Scriptural
Quotations. Ho undertook the exact¬
ing task of providing a task for each
day, but earae out, of the lire of dif¬
ficulties unscathed. Hero are a few
choice bits culled from Ills master¬
piece: died.—
January 17. Siamese Twins
“In tlielr death they were not divedod."
—II. Samuel, 1., 23.
February 25. Inconvertible Green¬
backs Issued by the United States.—
‘‘Silver and gold I lmve none, but sueli
no T Imre give I unto thee.”—Acts,
III., 0.
February 20. Leap Year Day.—“On
that day seven women shall take hold
of one man, saying, we will eat our
own bread nnd wear our own apparel;
only let us lie culled by thy name.”—
Isaiah, li., 1.
May 14. London Museum of Geology
Opened.—"Stumble not among tlio
stones.”—Keels., xxll., 20.
July 3. Dog Days Begin.—"Deliver
my darling from tbe power of the dog.”
—Psalms, xxll., 20.
December 5. Gladstone's Ministry
Assumed Office, 1868. - -“When I lie
righteous are in authority the people
rejoice.”—Proverbs, xxlx., 2.
This Is certainly “Every mail accord¬
ing to Ills works” with n vengeance.--
Washington I ’a t hil mlcr.
Chewing-Gum Useful.
A Kesuilragiton man boimled a Nhntih
strocit 'trolley oar an Fnhl.ty niigtot iwl
drew Dram tola poekot a handfuil of
ehimge. Aiinioinig 'oiie clhange lie found
<i llvo-dolltir gio'Id piece. He picked out
tihe gold afm airnl Mil Ron the wlmlixw-
81111 uhni'gifti’de of In!ill, lisU-niiMmg itto put
lit In Ills pm.-kelipayk /i/.licd fuir sn.fek'eciplng.
Tho cur sudd'.-jiCy over an ob-
KirUK'tI(Mi, unil when the Keni.silugton
01*101 looked for Vis gold piece after
(paying tots tore It toad dtaappamMl. It
toad evidently tdlipijivd /into :t)he crack
between lira Hoick of the seat mud bins
outer wadi of ttflie car.
Tho ciuiduicit/or, wtluo w«w> called In,
stpiK-k a imuicii .and 'lieftl Ot ho ua to light
hiiji the ap'rluiv. After bumiilng Mi-venal
matches the gold coin was lioe.uted ly.
bug Lilt the buttltoon of ‘tllie deep slot, it
lay atom)I timio fetot fmm tllie top. The
Kensington main took lits ttwn; ami tried
tu push 4t up, lolit. fulled, of course. A
young girl wus siMltiuig tin Cilie corner ot
It he ea r che wing gum. The sight of tier
suggested a bright him to the oivif v of
the coin.
"ronton me, Miss,” lie said. ‘‘Will
you lri me ha ve a little o>f your chcav¬
il ig gum 7”
The girt blushed, and was incl'ined to
1 m‘ indignantly seonnfull ut flowt, but
slhe finally gave up a section of her
“cud.” The Kensington man plastered
Ut on the end of ldw (uiie, and in that
fashion recovered bis cdiin.
Mrs. Julta, Wfcimd Howe thinks that
the present gonana'fcion of young women
have lost dignity of tone aiud chttiructoir,
mwl til fat flic young men have lostt thoir
deference for the fair cirsy sex, a'lil resulting
tn a very aheap and standard at
manners. i
Money for the African Campaign.
It is announced that the Bank of
Italy will issue a government loan of
140,000,000 liro for the purpose of
carrying on tho campaign in Africa.
Tho loan will bo issued at 97 par ceut.
Treasury Statement.
Wednesday’s statemont of tlio con¬
dition of the treasury shows : Availa¬
ble cash balance $267,787,745, Gold
reserve, $128,404,585,