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THE WAYCROSS HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1893.
BACON'S RESOLUTIONS
DAILY AND NIGHTLY
Fight Goes on in Brazil, and Doth j
PERJURED JURORS.
TThs Georgia Legislature As^ed j ^eo, xcv. 30.—Desultory firing con
tinues daily and nightly.
A small party of insurgent sailors, ■
which landed near Armacao Monday, j
Kto ce Janeiro. Noy. 23, via Monte- j Tillman- Sends af Remarkable Chicago, Nov. so.
to Go Upon Record.
SILVER. INCOME TAX, STATE BANKS
Document to the Legislature.
CORPORATIONS IN OPEN REBELLION
Atlanta, Nov. 50.—A sensation vras
created in tho house of representatives
at the night session by the introduction
by Mr. Bacon, of Bibb county, a set of
resolutions, in tho nature of a memorial
to congress upon all of the important
lines of legislation which will bo up be
fore that body during tho coining session.
The fact that tho author will be a can
didate before tho legislature for United
SStates senator when tho time comes for
tho next election, leads many to conjoct-
3iro that the resolutions offered by him
self will also servo as the platform upon
nako hi
which ho
body.
It is this fact that gives them especial
prominence, aside fropi the subject mat
ter they contain, and tlioir introduction
did croato a real sensation.
Major Bacon's Platform.
The resolutions in full are as follows:
The senate and house of representatives
of the state of Georgia, not assuming to
usurp the functions of those upon whom
is laid tho duty of federal legislation, but
exercising nevertheless the privilege, sanc
tioned by time-honored custom, of express
ing their views upon those matters within
federal control which intimately affect the
well-being, the prosperity and tho happi
ness of the people, do
1. Itesolveri, That we hold it to be to the
interest of the people of the United States
that the government of the United States
should coin both gold and silver as the
money of final payment, without (Rscrim-
was opposed by soldiers. The soldiers j
j lest two officers and thirty men, while :
only five sailors were wounded,
j During the week over 200 troop:, have 1
| been killed on the Nictheroy side by the
j artillery fire of the insurgents. The lat- j
j ter are making progress. General |
I Saraiva, with 0,000 men, is in the vicinity j
| of Curitiba, tho capital of Parana. The
government has sent 1.000 reii.force-
i ments to Santos. Transports are ex-
I pected at Destc-rjo next week with. 3,000
| troops. In this city both sides are still
! confident of victory. Up to tho present
the insurgents seem to have been gaining,
i The prisons contain 800 suspected per-
{ sons, including 59 army officers sus-
I pended for complicity in the revo’ution-
i ary movement. The postoffico auCiorites
! intercept all letters addressed to or by
} persons suspected of disloyalty.
Many persons are injured daily “ A, '~
lynu-nt, and the c
oin as the sole m
would 1)0 destru'
; hat the restriction of
, and the striking of
i of money of
depreciation of tin
and that further, ii
wrong to the debtor
tracts have h
in the conti
and silv
fight before that j city by rifle and machine-gun firing.
The press generally denounces tho for
eigners in tho efty, accusing them of
sympathy with the insurgents. Tho
government inspires the semi-official
press to misrepresent the action of for
eign diplomats and commanders of for
eign war vessels and to assert that they
favor tho insurgents. These charges are
groundless. Tho intrigues of tho Brazil
ian ministers in Europe to induce the
various European governments to recall
their Representatives in Rio do Janeiro
deserve to ho regarded only with con
tempt.
Merchants hero complain bitterly of
heavy losses through stoppage in trade.
Insurgent leaders met last Saturday
and decided to make no immediate pro
clamation of a monarchy, but to wait
and allow the majority to decide tho
question. If tho revolution succeeds tho
majority will-favor a restoration of tho
empire, with tho Duke Grand Para as
emperor.
The insurgents have resolved not to
bombard tho city unless the government’s
city batteries fire on the ships.
Tho English flag is constantly fired
upon from the shore. A senior officer of
tho fleet reports that one of the govern
ment batteries had shelled a launch fly
ing a white ensign and containing a com
missioned officer and crew. The British
minister has sent a protest to tho Bra
zilian government against this proceed-
untry. and
:it and inevitable
ues of property:
•ii based upon the confidence
inued existence of both gold
oin as the moneys of final priy-
hich their debts must be dis
That wo hold that {hero should be no
limit to the coinage of either gold or silver
by the government which would lie less
than the product of gold and silver mines
within the United States: and that in the
vast territory of this country, with its
rapidly increasing development and with
its great population and their widely ex
tending business, there is ample field for
the absorption and legitimate use of all
such gold ami silver coinage in the busi
ness demands which will be thus laid
upon it.
4. That in ulging in no spirit of criti
cism, but on the contrary recognizing the
honest differences of opinion which have
existed upon this most vital issue, and
looking solely to the future and the mo
mentous consequences which wait upon
♦he action of congress in this regard, we
invoke at the hands of those upon whom
is laid the responsibility of its decision,
the speedy determination of the future
equality of both gold and silver coin as
the money of final payment, to the end
that the future prosperity and develop
ment of the country may be assured.
f>. That we hold it to be the constitu
tional right of the several states to enact,
their own banking laws by which banking
corporations within tlieir liorders shall lie
empowered to issue bank bills for circula
tion among their people for tho necessary
transaction of business: and that there is
no constitutional right in the general gov
ernment to lay upon the states a prohibi
ts restrict, regulate or control the exercise
of such right.
it. That we hold that the national bank
' law, which gives to such banks exclusively
the right to issue bank bills, and prohibits
loans to be made by them upon real estate
as a security, and practically denies to the
states the right to charter banks of issue
by which loans could l»e made upon real
estate as a security, is a gross injustice to
the large class Of our citizens whose prop
erty consists chielly-in real estate.
t! That we hold that taxation, whether
direct or indirect, is only justified ns a
paeans of raising revenue for the support
of the government, and that, therefore,
customs duties should Ik* laid for the pur-
pose of revenue only.
8. That we favor the imposition by the
general government of an income tax
which shall be so graduated that the chief
Imrden. shall be laid upon large incomes
exceeding the amount required for an or
dinary comfortable living.
O. That we request our senators and
representatives in congress, by their votes
and influence, to endeavord a make effect
ive the principles herein declared, by leg
islation to be enacted by the congress of
the United States.
The firing of heavy guns from the
government forts proved disastrous to
tho insurgent war ship Javary on Wed
nesday. A shot struck her and started
the plates in her fore compartments. A
leak resulted, which caused tho vessel to
list to starboacd. Three hours after
wards tho vessel foundered, head fore
most. The water reached the boiler
rooms and an explosion followed. All
tho crew were saved. The sinking of
the Javary is a serious loss to the insur
gents.
Pleased with the New Bill.
London, Nov. 30.—The St. James Ga
zette is not greatly pleased with the new
tariff bill; yet it admits that the bill
3hows signs that Mr. Cleveland is pre
pared to fulfil his promises, and there is
no question that it will prove a great re
lief to trade. Continuing, The St. Jame3
Gazette says: “All through the bill
car^is-taken to leave tho American pro
ducer with tho differential duty in liis
favor completely.”
Only Waiting for Extradition.
London, Nov. 30.—William Scheig
and Philip Floyd, who are wanted by
the police of Minneapolis on the charge
of robbing tho Bank of Minneapolis of
$93,000, were again brought up at the
Bow Street police court and were re
manded. The papers necessary to bring
about the extradition of the* prisoners
have arrived from the United States, but
they are still in the foreigu office.
Columbia, Nov. 30.—Tho menage of
tho governor, real before the general
assembly, is one of tho most remarkable
public documents ever published in
South Carolina.
Governor Tillman deals with his sub- I
ject3 in the vigorous style characterise j
of the man, and some of his arraign- j
ments are of the most scathing nature, j
Referring to United States Circuit !
JudgeSimonton’s decisions a? to railroad j
taxes and receiverships, the governor da- i
dares that those cases have been passed 1
upon in a manner that must excite the i
alarm and resentment of every lover of i
liberty and justice; that tho sovereignty
of tho state lias been disregarded and
destroyed, and a preferred class of tax
payers created with special privileges.
The supreme court decided in tho state’s
favor as to the taxing of roads that ware
not in the hands of receivers; but unfor
tunately, tho message say3, moro than
half the roads in the stato are in tho
hands of receivers. Under the laws of
South Carolina, taxes f.ro a preferred
lien, and tho receiver should not have
been given precedence over the older
and hitherto undisputed right of tho
stato to collect taxes in its own way.
Commenting on the expressions of tbo
chief j ns Lice tho governor says they make
an excuse for allowing the receiver to
resist payment of taxes and paralyze the
state government, and declares that it is
“a monstrous and tyrannical stretch of
authority in him to claim that tho col
lection of taxes on property in the hands
of a receiver is an interference by the
executive with the judiciary.-”
The governor declares that the unholy
alliance of court and receiver has
wrought such injustice and wrong that
it is a stench in the nostrils and cries
aloud for correction; that the court knew
better, but was resolved to protect the
roads. The governor declares that Alex
ander Hamilton and John Marshall were
old fogies, not to be mentioned
breath with Judj
tiou Allege Perjury
of the Jury.
—The cecond trial
of ex-Detective Daniel Coughlin for the
murder of Dr. Philip Patrick Henry
Cronin on May- 4. 1339, was interrupted
by a rumor that two or more of tho
jurymen had been “fixed.” Tho story is
that three members of tho jury will bo
rejected and their immediate arrest and
trial for perjury ordered. The evidence
in the possession of the state shows that
these three men are on the jury in Dan
Coughlin’s interest.
During the examination preceding
their acceptance as jurors alT the venire
men testified under oath that did
not know the accused or the friends o?
tho accused, and m general were densely
ignorant of the Cronin murder or tk.>
revelations mado in tho celebrate 1 trial
subsequent to it. Theso statement
State’s Attorney Kern now knows to ..;
false. In tho cases of theso three men
Mr. Kern says he will show that they
are not only thoroughly conversant with
the case, but are and have been associates
or intimates of many of tho men impli
cated in the crime.
In testifying falsely in the examine
: tious theso men committed deliberate
| par jury, it is said, in order that they
| might obtain places on the jury and save
i Dan Coughlin’s neck,
j Slato’s Attorney Kern said: “I will ex
pose a plot to tamper with tho jury. Wo
have reliable information affecting at
least two and perhaps four members of
the jury. I will ask for the rejection of
theso men before the case goes to trial."”
“Is your proof strong enough?”
“Amply so. We .will convince tho
court that bribery has again been re
sold ed to.”
“What will you do towards punishing
tho offenders
“After tho guilty men are ejected from
the jury by the judge I will probably ask
for their Indictment by the grand jury
and try to send them to Joliet.”
“Who are tho guilty men?”
“I cannot tell you. You must wait
until their nanies are announced in
court.”
Revival of Industries
fielding Back'Some.
•liZILY REPORT.
j New You:;, Nov. 27.—R. G. Dun &
j Co.’s weekly review of trade says:
j Consumption increases slowly .and all
I branches of business are waiting for its
| growth. The railroad earnings for tho
j month, thus far, aro only 3.9 per cent
j less than tuosa of last year, the decrease
! for tho la.t -,veoh being made evenamaU*
SENSATIONAL HUMORS.
Kailroad Circles Soon.
{Atlanta, Nov. 30.—Sensational ru
mors about changes in railroad circles
are flying thick and fast around railroad
offices, and some credence is being given
these reports.
One of these rumors is that Mr. A.
Simonton and J Pope, secretary of the Southern Rail-
Goff; that the federal judiciary controls | way and Steamship association is to bo
traffic manager of the Seaboard
Trade waits for tl:
tries and tho week’s reti
industrial progress are
ing. Thore has been a
cotton good3 at very satit
and tho market has doci<
l in consequence, 'i’i
duction in this branch is
less than it was a year a
rival
for c
i ate
•rory pn
ly strength-
the
If Appearances Go for Anything
the Strike Is Off.
LEHIGH KEil DENY IT, THOUGH.
Jersey City, Nov. 27.—If appear
ances go for anything, tho blockade of
the striko on the Lehigh Valley road, at
this end of the line, is practically broken.
The officials of the road say the.* is is.
The strikers deny it, and wY.ntaia tee
the outward show of activity o;i then r.t
of the company is simply carried o.i to
tho c
nd, nc
j:. landing
, have
t pric<
In woolens there is ;
crease in the der
the fact that sove
orders for 1,003 pie>
closed, tho orders not being so assorted
as to give them profitable employment.
But the sales of wool have been tho
largest since September, 1892, amount
ing at three chief markets to 8.025,800
pounds against 4,813,500 for the same
last year, and while it stated t
MAKING GEORGIA LAWS
CliSr^ed With Bank Wrecking.
'Ta^OMa, Wash., Nov. 5-9.—Governor
McGraw has offered a reward of $503
for the arrest o' Samuel H. Hart, presi
dent of the State bank at Buckley, who
disappeared a week ago, leaving a short
age of $30,000. It is claimed that Hart-
i* not his right name and that he has
wrecked live other banks during his
career.
They Wnnt Breckinridge’* Seat.
Frankpost, Ky., Nov. 30.—Two can
didates for congress against W. C. P.
^Breckinridge have -announced them
selves. They are City Prosecutor Kim
ball, of Lexington, and W. C. Owens, of
Georgetown. Mr. Owens was temporary
Two Denials by tho Vatican.
Rome, Nov. 30.—The Vatican form
ally denies tho report that Mgr. Satolli
is to be made a cardinal, and that his
successor as tho papal delegate to tho
United States has Deen named.
The Vatican also denies that there is
any truth in the alarming reports circu
lated about tho popo’s health.
A Betrothal Is Imminent.
London, Nov. 30.—The Times is in
formed, on excellent authority, that the
betrothal of tho czarewich of Russia to
Princess Helene, of Orleans, is imminent.
Drowned in the Street.
New Orleans, Nov. 30.—Sunday
night's rainstorm was one of the most
severe that has visited this city in years.
In a few minutes the streets were over-
flooded in every section of the city, and
the drainage pumps were unable to cope
with the elements. People moved about
in skiffs in many parts of the city, and
the principal streets were in some places
a foot under water. Jean Lahitte, a
Frenchman,%vho arrived in this city
from his native land four days ago, was
found drowned on Claiborne street, one
of the principal streets of the city, when
the water went down in the morning.
A Grand Culmination.
Chicago, Nov. 30.—Tho Chicago Bul
letin says: “The culmination of one of
the greatest railroad trades known to
New England for years appears to he at
hand, and it is announced that
a combination'' of the most far-
reaching character, a trade which
i means the consolidation of the leading
Wincnl tho Champion Wing Shot.
•ISDIASAIOUS, Not. 80.—E. D. Ful-
ford. of Rochester. N. Y.. champion I
wing shot, having in charge the con- , with the most powerful corporation in a
straction of the lines of the Long Dis- I third. The companies in question are
lance Telephone company, with tempo- the Boston and Maine, the .Concord and
•flay headquarters in this city, is under 1 Montreal, and the Maine Central, with
arrest at Syracuse, N. Y., charged with another in view yet unnamed.”
embezzlement. :
: A Demented Woman Darned Up.
Iron Works in North Carolina. BUENA VlSTA, Ga., Nov. SO.—In the
Raleigh, Nov. 30.—Loodell & Co., of I outskirts of this place the house of Rieh-
Wilmington, Del., who have arranged * ard Montford was burned. His wife, a
to start an iron f nrnaco at Egypt, have 1 partially crazy -woman, who was the
^flao arrange 1 for tho manufacture of
car wheels at Raleigh in oonnaction with I ®
ithe plant of the North Carolina Car ' nor *“ e wanu»_ ^ n
one-fifth of the railroads in tlic United
States and that congress sits idly by
■watching this more than Russian abso
lutism with seeming indifference. It is
no wonder, then, he says, that there
have been maladministration, pecula
tion, robbery and widespread demorali
zation.
He refers to tho resignation of Judge
Paxton as chief justice of the supreme
court of Philadelphia to accept the re
ceivership of the Pennsylvania and Read
ing railroad as the most glaring and re
markable instance of this “facilis de
scensus avorui,” and asks how much
longer shall tills abuse, which crie3
aloud to heaven, and which i3 a scandal
in the land, corrupting the judiciary by
the use of unbridled power, lie allowed
to continue.
Referring to the case of Constable
Swan, who seized whisky under tho dis
pensary law, and was adjudged by
Judge Simonton to be Li contempt, the
governor says tiio latter is a puisant
judge whose satrapy is South Carolina,
and that lie claims not only, the right to
control tho railroads held by bw receiv
ers without let or hindrance, but he pro
tects contraband whisky in the hands of
that receiver as a public carrier, and has
imprisoned a state constable who seized
a barrel of whisky in tho South Carolina
railway depot in the face of tho plain
provisions of the act of congress.
Concerning Judge Simonton’s “qn b*
bles,” the governor says:
“Is this power gone mad? Is it malice
incarnate? Or is it a servile, cringing
obedience to the orders of his so-called
‘servant,’ the receiver?”
He refers to Simonton and Golf as
“one a judge who sucked state’s rights
with his mother's milk, and now plants
his dagger in tho state’s breast; the other
an ex-carpet-bagger, who in days past
did his utmost to throttle Anglo-Saxon
civilization in South Carolina, and who
has returned after 15 years' absence to
gloat over her humiliation at tho hands
of his obedient instrument.”
The governor quotes passages to show
that Receiver D. H. Chamberlain is the
judge and Jndge Simonton the receiver
and says: “We must blush for the atti
tude in which the latter has been placed
before the public. Are we tamely to
submit to these indignities and leave
this petty tyrant to continue his acts of
outrageous interference?”
He asserts that these corporations are
in open rebellion against the dispensary
law and the railroad commission, and
that there is nothing left the state but to
repeal the charters of every railroad in
the hands of a receiver. The unholy
marriage between the “dignity” of the
federal court and these harlot corpora-
must to annulled and the owners of the
bonds be made to understand that there
is a point beyond which the patience of
the state will not permit them to go.
Lehigh Strike Over.
Bethlehem. Pa., Nov. 30.—General
Manager Voorhees, of the Lehigh Valley
railroad, said just before leaving for
Philadelphia: “I leave the offices here
for good, as I consider the strike pr otic-
ally over. Trains are moving better than
ever before and no trouble is reported.
The company has a full complement of
hands.’'
Air Lino to succeed Mr. O. V. Smith,
who has been too ill to attend tha duties
of his position lor some time.
On top of this rumor comes one which
asserts that Mr. J. M. Culp will be made
traffic manager of tho Central railroad.
This, it is claimed, has been in contem
plation some time, and is a move on tho
part of Mr. J. Somers Hayes, who was
recently appointed co-receiver of the
Central by Justico Jacson, to represent
of the Richmond and West
the many i
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buying by at
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the demand <
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merable, as i
smaller
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i Boston, at
Ter Repo
factors of boots
aid for tha°sea ;onythougi
quantity. The shipment
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confederate so
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soldier's ov<
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lal.
It is also stated that it is more than
likely that tho Richmond and Danville
will vote , their Central stock at tho next
meeting of the Central Railroad stock-,
holders, and if they do, it is a certainty
that Mr. Culp will be made the traffic
The n
regular,
though
bushels ag;
Policy IIo l.lsrs Will Loose No tiling.
Birmingham. Ala., Nov. 30.—Tho
American Casualty insurance and Secur
ity company, of New York, which has
recently qu.t business, has had a very
active general agent hero, Louis v.
Clark, who has done a largo business for
tne company. He controlled the states
of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi and
had most of the employers’ liability, ele
vator and security bond business in these
states. Since the failure of the company year.
Mr. Clark has, at his own expense, rein
sured all of his unexpired risks with
another company and the policy holders
in these three states will lose nothing.
Negro Tramps Uso Their Guns.
Bedford, Va., Nov. 30.—A gang of
negro tramps who were beating their
way east on a Norfolk and Western
freight train, alighted at Bell Spring, a
small station near here, and began re
moving the packing from the journal
boxes for the purpose of building a fire.
Assistance was telegraphed for, and a
squad of policemen left here on a special
engine.. On theic arrival at Bell Spring
the tramps opened fire, and one of tho
officers had three fingers shot off his left
hand. Five of the negro tramps wero
captured.
Ordered McKnne’s Arrest.
New York, Nov. 30.—Judge Barnard,
of the supreme court, has issued an at
tachment—which practically is an order
of arrest—for John Y. Me Kane -for
criminal contempt of court ia refusing to
obey the injunction served upon him on
election day restraining him from inter
fering with certain watchers at the
Gravesend polls. The order was signed
by Judge Barnard, at Poughkeepsie.
To Take Strikers* Places*
Ashland, Ky., Nov. 30.—General
Manager C. H. Green, of the Norton
Iron works, has arrived from Pittsburg
with 75 puddlers and rollers to take the
places of the strikers, who are asking
for the Amalgamated association scale of
$4.75 a ton. The newcomers were hired
at $4.50 a ton, with a guarantee of six
months’ work. The strikers say the-
new men shall not go to work.
A now compact o: Ike steel rail pro
ducers, the Pennsylvania and tha Mary
land works having been leased to others
in order to keep them idle, lias checked
the increase in the purchases of ore
and coal and other materials, and the
Pittsburg manufacturers are playing
havoc with eastern markets, though the
prices mado in that region arc so low
that their continuance cannot be predict
ed. There is an increase of the number
of concerns in operation, but there docs
not appear to be much gain in the ac
tual consumption of pig iron, and prices
are as low as ever.
Even in the Pittsburg district, where
business is more active than elsewhere,
the works aro now fully employed and
tho stato of manufacturer is shown by tho
return of the Connellsville coke furnaces,
of which 6,385 are in operation and l i .-
000 are idle, the output being only 57,755
tons weekly.
In minor metals, tho sale of 5.000,000
pounds of copper at 9 3-1 cents by the
Calumet and llecla, has been fo-lowed
by higher prices, and lead and tin are
both firmer.
the i
luce have been
vanced 1 cent,
v© been 4,300,000
500,000 last year, and
rods. •
Tho house of
to the aid of pc
a very substantial
resolution of Mr. ^
to relieve Glynn county fvoin taxes for
189s, except business taxes.
Tho somite resolution providing for an
and of how the money is distributed: of
the school fund, and other matters con
cerning tho treasury, and whose duty it
is to report any recommendations they
may see fit, was unanimously adopted
by tho house.
Sam’s Silver Wedding.
Cartersville, Ga., Nov. 27.—Rev.
Som P. Jones and his bride of 25 years,
celebrated their silver wedding Friday
night. The occasion was. one of great
pleasure to the hundreds who gather oil
to celebrate, with this noted evangelist
and his faithful wife, tho happy event.
Mr. Jones was in his happiest vein and
his remarks ' i that occasion added much
to the pleasures of the evening. Mr.
Jones was, for tho first time in his life,
diked out in full evening dross, but h'»
vehemently protested that it was not his
fault.
Convicted, and May Hang.
Tuscumbia, Ala., Nov. 30.—A death
verdict has been brought in by the jury
in the case of the State vs. Will Farmer
for the murder of his wife last summer.
Farmer cut his wife’s throat one morn
ing during a big negro revival. One
reason was jealousy, and there was prac
tically % no defense offered at all.
Mabtinsburo, W. Va., Nov. 30.—
Smallpox has become epidemic in the
Shenandoah valley. The disease has as
sumed such proportions that the men
are leaving mills and other works.
The corn receipts are remarkably
large, amounting io 3,000,000, against
1,300,000 last year, and the price de
clined 1 cent. There has been a slight
decline in oil, about 1-4 cents in coffee
and also in hogs, and $1.50 in pox*k.
Cotton is a sixteenth higher, though con
siderably depressed during the week
with receipts of 242,000 against 223,000
for the same week last year, and the be
lief in a short crop does not out weigh the
fact that stocks abroad and at home are
3,242,000 bales, about 40 per cent of a
full year's consumption.
Failures for the week numbered 387
in the United States against 180 last
year, and 34 in Canada against 29 last
year. But the list this week includes
some of more than usual importance.
For the preceding week the liabilities of
the firms failing amounted to only $3,-
526,812, against $3,727,467 the week be
fore; but the weekly average is far be
yond what it would be in times of pros
perity.
McKinley at a Love Feast.
Boston, Nov. 27.—Tvre’ve hundred re
pul. Ii cans sat down to a love feast in the
big Mechanics’ hall. The galleries about
the hall were crowded with several
thousand more, while the air was alive
with enthusiasm. Governor McKinley,
of Ohio, was on the speakers’ platform,
and he looked like a man of victory.
Tom Reed, of Maine, was also there and
at his side was Governor-Elect Greeu-
halge, of Massachusetts. Governor Ful
ler, of Vermont, and Congressman Cous
ins, of Iowa, were in the midst of them.
Collector Beard, the old republican war
horse of Massachusetts, was present and
by his side sat the venerable Hoar.
Shot Ly His Son.
Clayton, Ga., Nov. 27.—W. N. Moore,
a well-to-do farmer of Tennessee valley
in this county, wa3 shot and seriously
wounded by one of his sons, a man nearly
grown. It is reported that Mr. Mooro
commanded his son to do certain work
and the son. declined to obey, when tho
enraged father made effort to get his gun,
whereupon the son drew a revolver and
fired, the ball takinff effect in the father's
thigh. ~
Getting: Control of Samoa.
San Francisco, Nov. 27.—The Sa
moan Herald, rot e’.ved by the steamer
Alameda, says that a syndicate has been
organized in Australia, with Sir Robert
Stout at its head, to buy plantations and
other property of the Deutsche Handels
und Plantagn Gazellcheft in' Samoa.
This company i3 commonly known in
Samoa as “the German Firm.”
After Minneapolis** .Mayor.
Minneapolis, Nov. 27.—It is reported
that articles of impeachment against
Mayor Eustis will bo preferred at the
next council meeting. The mayor pub
licly declared a few days ago that ho
would permit saloons to keep their back
doors open Sunday contrary to law.
Now the ministers and crusaders want
his scalp.
Complete.* the Transfer.
LouisvhSLe, Nov. 27.—A mortgage
covering $18,850,009 was filed in the
office of the recorder in Jeffersonville by
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to the
Farmers’ Loan and Trust company, of
New York. This completes the transfer
of the Ohio and Mississippi to the Balti
more and Ohio railroad.
A Ship Ashore.
Fire Island, N. Y., Nov. 30.—A
heavy southeast gale has prevailed here,
and a heavy sea is running. It is re-
S orted here that a ship want ashore
uring the night off Smiths Ppint, oppo
site Belle Point. She Had a crew of
nine men and one woman. The life-
saving Crew tried to reach her, but
failed. The crow and woinah are cling
ing to the rigging.
rfo Most Hang.
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 30.—The su
preme court has affirmed the decision of
‘the court below in the noted base of
Peter DeGraff, convicted of the murder
of a woman at Winston, and sentenced
to he hanged.
A ricmlum Worth the Winning.
Washington, Nov. 27.—The official
speed of the United States -cruiser Co
lumbia was reported to the secretary of
the navy by Rear Admiral Belknap,
president of the trial board. They found
the ship fully filled the contract require
ments in every respect. The official
speed is 22.8 knots, giving her builders
a premium of $350,000, at tho rate of
$50,000 for each quarter knot over the
requirements of 21 knots.
Chicago Society Man Confesses Forgery.
Chicago, Nov. 27.—A. J. Rosenthal,
son of H. S. Rosenthal, alive stock com
mission man. is locked np at the armory,
charged with forgery and obtaining
money by false pretenses. He has con
fessed. The forgeries amount to $2,000.
Rosenthal has been prominent in society.
Brunswicklans Returning Home.
Brunswick, Ga.. Nov. 27.—No new
cases. Five whites and nine discharged,
leaving only seven under treatment. Tho
thermometer went down to 30 Friday
night, and there was plenty of ice. Sur
geon Murray has commenced to fumi
gate infected premises, and citizens are
rushing home.
A Much Married Mother.
Allentown, Pa., Nov. 27.—Mrs.
Christianna Rephorn, aged 67. of Rit-
tereville, is under arrest for bigamy.
Her son, Fred Roebuck, is the prosecu
tor, He alleges that she has had six hus
bands in the last 22 years.
In a
Demorest, Ga., Nov. 37.—The Dem
orest Home, Mining and Improvement
comjisny, has gone into the hauls of a
receiver, J. S. Adams, tho treasurer,
having been appointed. The as3et3 and
liabilities are not stated.
The Howard Jury Can’t Agree.
Jackson, Tenn., Nov. 27.—The jury
in the Howard case are hung. They
have had the case under consideration
'.wo days and nights, and no verdict yet.