GATE CITY GOSSIP.
WHAT IS GOING ON AT GEOR
GIA’S CAPITAL.
Exposition Notes and Other Matters
of General Interest.
The jury of awards who are to pafs
judgment, upon tho merits of the ek
hibits that are displayed at tho expo
sition have begun their work and will
inspect every building and every ex
hibit until their task has been acoom
Xdished.
Governor Atkinson has been kept
busy for several days receiving con
gratulations on the arrival at the ex
ecutive mansion of a lovely girl baby,
said to be the first ever born in the
Peachtree mansion. The governor is
happy, and he replies to all inquiries
that Mrs. Atkinson and the little one
are both doing well.
The United States revenue depart
ment is kept busy issuing whiskey
tax stamps to the Georgia distillers.
It is stated by the officials in the city
that more stamps have been issued
this month than in any month before.
For several years there has been but
little peach brandy made, hut it is
now selling at a gre–t rate. Corn and
rye whiskey are also being taken out
of warehouse in unprecedented quan
tities.
***
Patrolman T. S. Grant has been sus
pended from the police force pending
an investigation of a charge of con
duct unbecoming an officer to be made
against him. He was arrested in a
room at tLe Jackson hotel playing a
game of poker with two other men.
Tho officer will be tried by the board
of police commissioners at a special
meeting. Patrolman Hudson will be
tried at the same meeting of the board
for firing the fatal shot which killed a
negro and wounded a white man last
we The shot was fired at a fleeing
***
Clan McRae Family Convention.
On November 7th the Clan McRae
from all the southern states will meet
in Atlanta and hold a family conven
tion. The indications are that several
(hundred of the name from various
states of the south will attend the
meeting. All the McRaes in this
country as well as Scotland have the
same geneology and bear a striking
family resemblance in personal ap
pearance and traits of character. The
name is numerous in nearly all the
southern states and is much respected
wherever known. There is much in
teresting history connected with the
Cian McRae in Scotland—interesting
at least to those of tho name, and all
who expect to attend the Atlanta meet
ing may promise themselves a pleasant
and profitable time. A. II. McRae, of
McRae, Ga., will furnish any informa
tion about the meeting.
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Georgia Manufacturers to Meet.
The Georgia Manufacturers’ Associ
ation will meet in Atlanta October 24.
It will be the first meeting of the asso
ciation since its organization and from
information that has been received by
Mr. T. H. Martin, the secretary of the
association, the attendance promises to
be very large. The association repre
sents the nffinufacturing interests of
the state aud has a large membership.
In addition to the members of the as
sociation, every manufacturer in the
state that i6 not a member has been
invited and many acceptances have
been received. The meetings will be
held in the auditorium at the exposi
tion and will convene on the 24th and
25th from 2 o’clock until 5 o’clock
each of the days set apart by the com
mittee of tho exposition on ceremo
nies.
Thursday afternoon Governor At
kinson will deliver an address of wel
come, which will be responded to by
Colonel J. W. Robertson, vice presi
dent of the association. President
J. F. Hanson will present the Georgia
manufacturers’ building to the exposi
tion, and President C. A. Collier, of
the exposition, will respond in an ad
dress of acceptance. Following the
presentation of the building will be a
business meeting of the association,
and reports from the secretary, treas
urer, chairman of the oommittee of ex
hibits and chairman of the committdfe
on membership will be heard.
***
The Guard Indignant.
The members of the Gate City Guard
are indignant because of the announce
ment made in the Associated Press
telegram by Colonel John S. Candler,
the commander of tho regiment, that
the National guard would refuse to
parade on Cleveland day for the reason
that the arrangements were in charge
of the Gate City Guard, which was
not a member of the state military. It
is freely stated on all Bides among the
Gate City Guard and its friends that
an effort will be made to have Colonel
Candler courtmartialed.
The members of the Guard say that
they will have some of the finest com
mands in the couutry in the parade
with them oa President’s Day. They
show a telegram from Governor O’Fer
rail, of Virginia, in which he says that
all the military of his state will be
glad to bo with the Guard and thank
ing them for the proffer of a special
escort. In addition to this the Vir
ginia regiment, 400 strong, will be on
band, the cadets from the Virginia
Military Institute, 150 strong, the
Governor's Foot Guard of Connecticut,
150 strong, and the Atlanta Artillery,
onc of the local companies in the ser
vice of the state. The affair has ere
ated much excitement among the local
military men.
22d, in a special train over the South
ern. He will bo quartered at the Ar
ragon and will remain at the hotej ;
during the afternoon. Mayor Porter
King will give a dinner in honor of ,
the president at the Arragon Tuesday j
night. Invitations are out already to
prominent citizens of Atlanta to be
present on that occasion.
The president’s first publio appear
— * a * »•
morning, when a committee, Colonel
W. A. Hemphill, chairman, from the
nposltfon directory, will call at tho
hotel and accompany him to Piedmont
park. A number of military com pa- i
mss will escort the party out Peach
tree. Arriving at the exposition
grounds at 11 o’clock, the president
will address the people in the audito
rium. Then the president and cabi- j
net will go through the exposition
buildings examining exhibits until 1
o’clock, when lunch will he served at
the Piedmont club. After lunch the
presidential party will continue the
inspection of exhibits and other feat- j
ures of the exposition until night,
when a magnificent pyrotechnic dis
play will be given in honor of the dis
tinguished visitors.
From the exposition grounds the
partj will return to the hotel, whence,
after a biief rest, they will go to the
Capital City Club, where a brilliant
reception will await them. This social
organization, famous for the elegance
of its receptions, has prepared to out
do even the brilliant one tendered to
Mr. Cleveland in 1887.
Telegrams from southern cities in
dicate that an immense crowd will as
semble here to see the chief executive
ana his cabinet.
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What It Costs.
Mr. W. G. Cooper, chief of publici
ty and promotion, has prepared a
statement in reply to various inquir
ies and to refute certain false rumors
as to what it costs to see the exjjosition.
Mr. Cooper says:
“An erroneous idea is abroad to the
effect that it costs a great deal to see
the exposition. This is a mistake.
You can see the exposition itself for
50 cents if you are over twelve years
of age, or for 25 cents if you are under
twelve. During the educational week,
beginning October 25th, children up
to eighteen years of age can see the
fair for 10 cents. There is absolutely
no charge to enter any of the exposi
tion buildings. Various shows on the
Midway heights will charge you from
10 to 25 cents admission, but that is
a separate matter and does not belong
to the exposition company. It is sim
ply extra fun, of which you can take
as much or as little as you please.
Stories to the effect that water canDot
be had on the exposition grounds are
absolutely untrue. Water has been
placed at various points all along the
avenues and cups have been chained
to the faucet, so that the wayfaring
man, tho’ a fool, may get a drink of
water. If yon are hungry and want a
light lunch you can get a hot roast
beef sausage, as fine as you ever tasted,
for 10 cents, and you can get a glass
of Jersey milk, as fine as you ever
drank, for 5 cents. If you are fastid
ious you can go to the restaurants and
pay for your dinner anywhere from
25 cents up, according to what you or
der. The restaurants keep all plain
dishes and also all high-priced ones.
At a popular lunch Rtand you can got
hot buckwheat cakes or hot pancakes
with maple syrup for 10 cents and a
cup of coffee for 5 cents more.
“You can get a room in the city for
$1, or 75 cents where two persons oo
cupy the same room, and this at a
good hotel, just completed and with
new furniture, all nicely kept.
“Stories about extortion in Atlanta
are ridiculously absurd, as any intelli
gent person will discover when he
visits the eity.”
***
School Matters Discussed.
The county school commissioners
met in Atlanta last Wednesday morn
ing, transacted a lot of business, affect
ed a permanent organization, listened
to an excellent speech from the gover
nor upon the subject of education,
wound up their business and spent the
afternoon viewing the glories of the
great exposition. The personnel of
the convention was such as to show
that the public schools of Georgia are
certainly in excellent hands. The men
who composed it were all representa
tive Georgians and as its work devel
oped it proved that they were thorough
business men, not inclined to chase
after any isms, but essentially practi
cal.
They were all on hand at 8 o’clock
and wasted no time with preliminaries.
SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS.
The first matter that came up was the ;
report of the committee on permanent ,
organization. The report organization, was favora- and J
bio to a permanent suggestions for officers,
in making its commissioner
the state school wus roc- I
ommended as ex-officio president aud
the assistant state school commissioner
ag ex-officio secretary and Ireasuter.
It was provided that there should be
oU o vice-president from each congres
sional district, the executive oommitteo
to consist of five members and a legia- i
lative committee to consist of five
schools that is offered to military com
panics—1 cent a mile. 1 ho railroads
through their ussociation declared that
it was impossible to grant this rate ex- |
cept for children under twelvo years
old; hut it is left with each of the
commissioners to take it up with the
railroads with which they have to deal. :
Commissioner Glenn read the report
of the committee on legislation, which
">
The first section provided , that , a , law
should define a school month and that
it should decide that to oonriat of
twenty school days. This was adopted,
The question of county line schools
came up> and afte r considerable dia
CUS8 i 0 n and the submission of several
propositions it was decided to recom
mend that children attend the Bchool
that is most convenient to them, and
should use the books adopted for that
school by the proper authorities of the
coun ty in which the school was located,
Another section which caused quite
a lively discussion, was that providing
f or i 0( > a i taxation and tlio building up
of local aid for the schools. The sec
tion tion recommended recommended that that a a tax tax of of 3 3 mills mills
be levied in ench county, the money
to be retained in that county and add
ed to the present school fund. It was
argued by some of the commissioners
that the people did not want any more
taxation and that the trouble now is
that many of them did not take ad
vantage of the facilities offered them.
But the advocates of local taxation
prevailed, the roll call showing sixty
nine in favor of it to thirty-nine
against it.
A committee was appointed to wait
on Governor Atkinson and invite him
to address the body. The governor
responded and was greeted enthusiast
ically. He made a strong speech in
favor of the perfection of the school
system of the state. He favored the
additional county tax idea as not only
providing money that was needed, but
as bringing renewed and personal in
terest to the support of the schools,
He argued that it was the state’s duty
to educate its children and that not
only the primary education should be
free, but that the higher education
should be free to all of those who
might desire to take it. The educa
tional system must not be incomplete.
He argued in favor of the local tax
very strongly. Governor Atkinson
was w armly applauded in hie utter
anees.
A paragraph of the report of the
committee on legislation advocating
that the county schools should handle
their books direct from the publishers
created a good deal of debate. After
the body decided to recommend that
the certificate of the county school
commissioner should be sufficient.
A resolution was adopted that the
state school commissioner should pre
pare a brief of his recommendations
with regard to the increase of pay of
the county school commissioners and
should ask the legislature to fix a sal
ary for these officials or to increase
their fees.
A motion to make the school age
from six to twenty, instead of from six
to eighteen, as it is at present, was
j ost
A motion was then made to adjourn
this meeting for the purpose of per
fecting the organization provided for
in the report of the committee on or
ganization ; but before this Avas done
Commissioner Glenn spoke briefly
thanking the commissioners for their
presence, and saying that he believed
the organization could be made of
great value to the schools.
Immediateiy after adjournment the
formality of calling the members to
gether again for permanent organiza
tion was gone through with It was ;
in ^
s,oner Glenn should appoint vice
presidents. The executive comm tee,
of which the state commissioner is ex
officio chairman, consists of Mr. Den
nis, of Putnam, Mr. Roberts, of Burke,
Mr. Polhill, of Worth, Mr. Housael.
of Polk, and Mr. Bernard, of Clark.
The president is to appoint the legis
lative committee.
Brass Molders on a Strike.
Tho remainder of the iron and brass
molders employed in the foundries of
the General Electric Company, in
LynD, Mass., quit work Thursday.
General Manager W. C. Fish said that
the present strike might have a ten
dency to cause the removal of tho
Lynn works of the General Electric
Company to some other place.
Cabinet of Chili Resigns.
A cable dispatch from Santiago de
Chili, is to the effect that Chilian cabi
net has resigned.
COTTON TUJIBLES.
I’AN D K M O NII' ,M IN THE NKW
YOHK COTTON EXCHANGE.
Fortunes Made and Lost Within a Few
Hours.
Monday was a day of intense excite
ment on the New York cotton exchange,
mam bulls with a long pole and northern
bears knocked the persimmons during
the day.
The market opened over 30 points
below Saturday’s official closing fig
ures. The decline was accompanied
by great excitement. January iutures
opened at 8.54c against 8.8(io Satur
day’s close. Wednesday last the same
futures sold at 9.44c, or 90 points
»l"7rtfft aleut to $4.50 per bale. Ihe lm
mediate cause of the great smash
w.b the open.DK doolmo ,n Ltvcrijoo
market ot 10@ll-64d. I ns decline
as a whole, however, has been occn
woned by the reported collapse ot the
bull campaign, which has been eugin
eered from New (_ rleans for several
months past.
In the early afternoon January cot
ton touched 8.27. Ibis was a decline
of 11 < points from Wednesday, or
equivalent to $5.85 a bale. In the
early afternoon,however, conservative
traders were counselling that there
should be a reaction or serious results
might follow.
Some prominent V operators £ nre said
. as uvers> A New
-
Orleans dispatch reported the failure
of Lmmett – Buech, a cotton house
there.
Up to 1 o clock the sales on New
York cotton exehauge aggregated for
the day 600,000 bales—the largest on
record. At 1:45 o’clock January’s
price was 8.40.
The tremendous break in cotton and
the wild, unprecedented scenes on the
floor of the cotton exchange were the
talk of the street. Stock operators
left their favorite speculative commod
ities to discuss cotton and its down
ward career.
One of the best known cotton brokers
iu the city, when asked to give an
opinion on the market, said hurriedly:
“The break bad to come, and was
looked ior, but it was not expected ali
at once. The truth is that the reac
tion in cotton is taking place in days
instead of months. This tremendous
drop should have extended over two
months. We are doing the business
of liquidating in three days. The
market, iu consequence, is in a co.udi
tion little short of a panic, aud real
values are not considered.”
The New Orleans bull clique was
last week reported to bo liquidating
its holdings of cotton and this quick*
eued the decline in the Yew York mar
ket. Business was very heavy during
morning and fluctuations were very
violent. W ithiu thirty seconds the
market moved five points. January,
which had opened at 8.54, rallied to
8.65 and then weakened again with
rallies to 8.60 and recovered
during the first hour. Sales on open
ca ^ "’ ere ou an enormous scale,
When prices reached what appeared
to be the bottom John II. Hunan, who
l H(, ast hl 25,000 ^, became bales ot >u . annury 1 and at lought .*.^<7
wee
I ack what he had sold at c< nt less,
profits are reported tn >e eroi
mous on the transaction. Mr. Inman is
said tohaveclearedover$300,003 on the
drop in cotton iu the past lour days,
there was a report late in too day
that the governors of the cotton ex
i hango were investigating reports that
t-everal cotton brokers made sales on
the curb after the closing of the ex
change on Saturday, and that they
would be called to account for viola
tion of the rules.
BRECKINRIDGE SPEAKS.
Appeals to Democrats to Stand To
Kether lor the State Ticket,
w c# P . Breck inridge made an ad
^ befofe a , andi ence at Lex
Friday night. Mayor
were present. J The speaker was re
* tf n ^ though * not warmly greeted
f - r ' hi eech> about au hour
iQ ]en thj captivat ed tho audience,
and he closed amidst great cheering.
It was an able and shrewd appeal to
democrats to stand together for the
state ticket.
TRAIN HELD UP,
-
But the Robbers Failed to Open the
Northbound Safe With Dynamite., train No. 1
passenger Texas
on the Missouri, Kansas and
railroad was held up by two masked
men near Temple, Texas., Wednesday
night. The robbers uncoupled the
express car from the train and com
pelled the engineer to draw the car to
a point nearly a mile away. They
forced open the door of the express
oar and UBed dynamite in an attempt
to open tho safe. Their efforts were
ineffectual.
CORBETT ON TRIAL.
Charged With Contemplating an At*
S'latt on “Lanky Jlob.”
Champion Corbett arrived in Hot
Springs Friday morning at 11:20 from*
his training quarters at Spring Lake
and was nu>t at the depot by Sheriff
Houpt, Manager Brady, Joe Veudig
and other friends and the. officials of ’
the Florida Athletic Club. There was
A great crowd of people at the
depot to witness the *rr>vul of the
party. suns Corbett, Brady and the sher-
1
t tbe court . At tliis juncture
^ Martin attorney for Corbett presented .»
teml the court room and a
1 .. . . . h
TT T eland Leatherman
^ . of the ( .bancerv ^ court of Garland
°,pi ” ' ‘ 1 f r t nf Cnr
nnmnldni hr Z
CorS has
f F?tzsiuim»us contest with one
K )bert and has threaten
arid iu about to commit «u a...ult
. Bereon of the
Robert tterv* Fitzsimmons which as
g d 1)a is of a character en
*
• hu lif
The ^prisoner netition of Corbett arraigned^before was granted
and was
, Tud<r0 ° Leatherman at about
‘
Yy witness to take the stand
- di bv whose testimo
^ »i m *' the defendant
mu d e an agreement to engage in a
con t es t j n this city on October
qnt with with one out Kobert Robert Fitzsimmons lit/simuion for lor
a purse of $41,0( 0 under the auspices
of the Florida Athletic Club.
Before the testimony of Mr. Vendig
was completed Attorney Martin re
quested the chancellor to allow Mr.
Corbett to depart for Little Rock,
where he bad an engagement to show
Friday night. The chancellor granted
the request, but required the sheriff to
send n deputy with him to see that he
returned on tho morrow. The court
then adjourned until Saturday at 1:30
o’clock p. m.
Favorable to Sluggers.
Chancellor Leatherman, after hear
ing testimony Saturday evening, ren
dered judgment that the act under
which it is sought to prevent the prize
fight did not constitutionally pass the
legislature. The chancellor quoted
from the state constitution, the legis
lative records, the rules of the two
houses of the legislature and from tho
decision in the case of Smith against
Campbell as a precedent to establish
his conclusion.
The judge concluded as follows:
“The court holds that the contest is
legal. The court finds that prize
’fighting is brutal aud an offense at
common law ; that a party engaged in
a prize fight will be guilty of a misde
meauor at common law. The writ of
habeas corpus is granted and the pris
oner ordered discharged from cus
tody.” comprehensive and
This judgment is
is an absolute declaration of the inva
lidity of the legislative acts of 1891
and 1895, the first making prize fight
ing and glove contests a felony and the
amending act of 1893 a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of from $1,000 to
$2,500. Corbett is at liberty and
preparations are in progress for the
great contest.
After the decision had been render
ed the attorneys for the state stated
that they would appeal the case to the
supreme court as quickly as it is pos
sible to expedite the making of trans
cripts. semi-officially that
It is given out
Governor Clarke, after hearing of
Leatkerman’s decision, has decided to
issue his proclamation warning the
Florida Atheletic Club against further
preparations nt Hot Springs and order
ing the state malitia to hold itself in
readiness lor immediate action.
MASONS IN SESSION.
Meeting of Supreme Council of In
spectors General In Washington.
The supreme council of the Inspec
General of the thirty-third de
ancient and accepted Scottish
of free masonry in the southern
of the United States,
supreme council of the world,
began a biennial session at the housn
of the temple at Washington, D. C.,
Monday, and will remain in session a
week.
The lieutenant and acting grand
commander, Thomas Hubbard Case
well, of California, presided. The
first business of importance was the
election of a grand commander to suc
ceed the late Philip C. Tucker, of
Texas, who died in the house of the
temple about a year ago. the south
The question of merging wnich
ern aud northern jurisdiction, after the
was agitated ior some time
death of Albert Pike, will not be
brought up at this session.
The Provincial Grand Lodge of the
Royal order of Scotland for the Lnit
ed States, although not officially re
lated to the Scottish Rite always meets
during supreme council week, as most
of the members belong to the rite.
