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SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE CAM¬
PUS THE SCENE OF A RIOT.
BROKEN SKULLS AND BLOODY MUGS
Militia Wanted to Drill and Students
Wanted to Play Ball On Same
Grounds at Same Time.
A special from Columbia, S. C., says:
South Carolina college students, police
and militia came together Friday af¬
ternoon.
Columbia companies had permission
to use the college green for annual in¬
spection on Wednesday evening.
They postponed the inspection until
Friday but did not get a renewal of
permit. arranged
The college men had a
• game of ball for the day and held the
grounds. Two companies of the Pal¬
metto regiment, under Colonel Jones,
and accompanied by Adjutant General
Watts and staff, came on for annual
inspection.
The parties did not interfere till the
troops were marching off the field,
when they attempted to cut across the
diamond. A hundred students blocked
the way. General Watts ordered them
to move, but they stood firm. Then
he suggested to Colonel Jones to
charge with a squad. The color-
guard charged and the students
knocked the colors down.
Several students were clubbed and
the soldiers attempted no further in¬
terference. The town is greatly stirred
over the incident.
The students and townspeople blame
Adjutant General Watts for precipitat-
ing the riot. He first backed his
horse in among the hoys, and when
they closed around him, called in a
lond voice:
“I will have these grounds cleared;
Colonel Jones, advance your battal¬
ion.”
Watts is a very young man and what
might have been obeyed in an older
officer, even when the right of posses¬
sion was on their side, was resented
by the students.
When the companies advanced, the
color guard in front, a student, with a
baseball bat waving, ran down their
front. He was seized by policemen
and these were immediately rushed
npon by a body of students. Bats and
clubs rattled for a moment, then the
policeman used his club.
Professor Davis ran in with out¬
stretched arms, imploring peace, and
it now develops that a policeman,
blinded with a blow, struck him in tbe
forehead. This further infuriated the
students, who beat down the officers.
The militia iu the meantime seemed
paralyzed. They took no part, and
for their non-action the police are in¬
censed.
The president, Dr. James Woodrow,
of evolution fame, immediately sum¬
moned the students together, and,
standing on his steps, made a speech,
imploring them to go no further.
Their rights in the premises were not
questioned by the president, and he
said there was no question of their
courage to maintain them, but if an
attempt was made to arrest them he
begged that they submit quietly.
D. D. McCall, one of tbe most se¬
riously injured of the students, will
probably die. His skull is crushed.
Policeman McDowell is also in a
precarious condition. medical
Professor Davis is receiving
attention, but is not dangerously hurt.
The friends of the college fear that
although the students may have been
in the right, the affair will give its op¬
ponents in the legislature an txcuse to
cut off state aid, and so close the in¬
stitution.
INVESTIGATION PROBABLE.
Tillman’s Charges In Relation <o Sugar
Trust May Be Booked Into.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, chairman
of the committee on contingent ex¬
penses of the senate, has not yet call¬
ed a meeting of his committee for the
purpose of considering the Tillman
resolution making sensational charges
in relation to the sugar schedule of the
tariff hill.
It is believed to be probable that the
resolution will be reported back to the
senate and the senate will order an in¬
vestigation.
SEARI.ES CASE NOT DECIDED.
Defendant’s Attorney Make Motion For
An Acquittal.
A Washington special says: The trial
of John E.‘ Searles, secretary of the
American Sugar Refining Company,
Friday followed that of President
Havemeyer, who was acquitted Thurs¬
day by order of Judge Bradley.
The government presented its case
very briefly, whereupon the defense,
following the tactics pursued in the
Havemeyer case, moved that the judge
order an acquittal.
The motion was argued at length by
the counsel on both sides, after which
the court adjourned until Tuesday,
when Judge Bradley delivers ruling.
SPAIN DECLINES MEDIATION.
It Is Reltterated That She Will Allow
No Interference.
A special from Madrid says: A semi¬
official denial is given of the published
statement that President McKinley
has made overtimes to Spain on the
subject of Cuba.
It is reiterated that it is impossible
for the Spanish government to accept
mediation in a question “which con¬
cerns Spain alone.”
ABOLISHED EDUCATIONAL HOARD.
Atlanta, Ga., City Fathers Create a Sensa¬
tion at a Council Meeting.
The city council of Atlanta, Ga.,
sprung a sensutional coup Friday by
abolishing the old city hoard of edu¬
cation, consisting of seventeen mem¬
bers—with one exception.
A new board, with only one single
member of tbe old organization was
then elected to administer the affaii s
of the public schools.
This action, the most astounding
sensation that has developed in city
affairs in many years, was taken at a
special meeting of the council Friday
afternoon, for the ostensible purpose of
passing on a plumbing ordinance.
The real purpose of the action
taken, as it appears to disinterested
onlookers, was that the mayor and
general council thought the old board
of education was organized on a wrong
principle, and took the foregoing meth¬
od of bringing about a change.
TILLMAN AFTER SUGAR TRUST.
South Carolina Senator Makes a Sensa¬
tional Speech in the Senate.
Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina of¬
fered a resolution in the senate Friday
making sensational charges in relation
to the sugar schedule of the tariff bill
and asking for an investigation of the
mysterious methods employed by the
sugar trust in its control of tariff leg-
'"Senator Tillman made a speech
wlneli . . , was no less , dramatic in its de-
livery than sensational m its allega- „„ -
.
11
j He preceded it by presenting special a reso -
i hition for the appointment of a
committee of five senators to investi-
gate charges of speculation by senators
while the tariff bill was before
I ' finance committee. In advocating tbe
resolution Mr. Tillman threw aside
| the usual conventionalities of the sen-
j ate ami with a plainness of speech sol-
j dom heard about the halls of congress
! called on his associates to investigate
j the published charges of senatorial
speculation, and if they were found to
be true, to purge the senate of those
who debauched it.
my The senator , .t had published y i• i t articles
read -j from p the .i desk i , stating h l- „ that sena-
tors had recently made large sums of
money in speculating in sugar stock
and in one instauce the name of a sen-
ator was mentioned. Mr. Tillman
spoke for nearly an hour, every line
of his speech being ° punctuated L with
. , a. . • V r
1 e
The Tillman resolution was referred
to the committee on contingent expen- r
ses o £ e sena e.
SENATOR M’LAURIN ACCEPTS.
In Ills Fetter To Governor Ellerbe, H©
Favors Senatorial Primary.
The new appointee for senator for
South Carolina, Hon. John L. Mc-
Laurin, has forwarded his letter of
acceptance to Governor Ellerbe.
McLaurin comes out squarely for a
senatorial primary. In his letter he
says: that
‘ ‘I desire to say that I believe
United States senators should be elect¬
ed by a vote of the people; and as the
constitution debars us that privilege,
| I sincerely trust that the democratic
executive committee will, at its conve¬
nience, order a primary and give
every democrat the chance of having
a voice in the selection of one to fill
this, the highest office in the gift
of the people. If I am not
selected I will humbly acquiesce
in the wishes of a majority of my fel¬
low citizens. If I am selected I will
have the proud consciousness of know¬
ing that I am in fact truly the repre¬
sentative of the people—the whole
people of the state of South Carolina.
It is peculiarly gratifying to
me to receive this appointment
at your hands, but had not the
exigencies of the situation in the
senate demanded the immediate
appointment of one somewhat
familiar with the situation I would
have requested you to hold the until matter
of appointment in abeyance which, a
primary election is ordered, I
hope, the executive committee will see
proper to do and other candidates see
fit to enter. I shall at every meeting
insist upon no one voting for me
merely because I have been appointed
to the position. infe¬
“I resign an office but little
rior in dignity and honor. If I am it to
be continued in the senate I want to
he given me in an election where every
citizen, however humble he may be,
can have an opportunity to say so at
the ballot box.”
NEW TOWN PROJECTED.
Colony of “Putney” to Be a Rival of Fitz¬
gerald, Ga.
Ex-Governor Northen, of Georgia,
has organized a new colony town
which will rival Fitzgerald.
Fifty thousand acres of land have
been secured at Hardaway, near Al¬
bany, and a model farmers,colony will
be established there in accordance with
j I Governor Northen’s long cherished
plans. will be called Putney,
The new town
The farms will be divided into small
are as, ranging from ten to one lmn-
a re d acres, and so laid out as to allow
families to lie located near each other,
on the community plan.
EARTHQUAKE IN NEW YORK.
A Jfumber of Towns In tlie State Are
Shaken Slightly.
An earthquake, lasting about 45sec¬
onds, occurred at Walthall, N. Y., at
10:20 o’clock Thursday night. Reports
from Plattsburg, Port Henry, Ticon-
deroga and other places state that the
shock was felt. No damage is reported.
The shock was felt at Goveneur.
Houses were shaken and loose articles
on shelves were thrown to the floor.
An hour later another shock was felt.
THE ALABAMA SENATOR ATTACKS
SPEAKER REED’S METHODS.
SflYSTHEY ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
A Point of Order Baltic* Morgan’* Ire
And He Proceeds to Create Con¬
sternation.
Senator Morgan raised the question
of the legality of the sessions of the
house in the renate Saturday afternoon
by declaring it to be his opinion to the
contrary. Senator Morgan is a very
able lawyer whose opinion on legal
matters carries great weight, and a
very ifble legislator than whom no man
kno\Vs more about parliamentary laws.
ne believes that the house of repre¬
sentatives is not legally in seBbion and
that it follows necessarily that congress
is not legally in session.
In the course of a discussion of ad-
! jonrnment over decoration day he took
occasion to pay his respects in vigor-
0U8 i n „g Unge to Speaker Reed.
Hale, of Maine, raised a question of
order, making tlie point that it was
not , . order , to criticise ... - co-ordinate ,
in a
, branch . of » congress. u Senator , ^ Gallin-
f? er " as iu tke chair alld 8Ustained the
P 0 * ' Mr.
When , Morgan r rose to , appeal, , , T
aW1 clea Il J’? 111
Thm gave the Alabama , senator , un-
: dls P uted n f ht th e floor ’ anJ ke
went.ahead with , his . cn icism of f
S P 8ake ' K e S me ‘ kods ’ culminating
^ declaration , that congress is not
e ® a ^ u } sess ( 01 1 '
T he rule which . the . . house majority . .
adopted , and which provides three day
adjournments whether they have a
gr ° UU<1
01 01ba ". a *\.'
m The , rule . believed , to , . be the ,,
is in
teeth , ,, of „ constitutional .
very ?. provision, * \
kick . . tk!dleSS , . ,,
": f legislative body can adjourn
ro This P? ! a resolu -' °.' ... Morgan calls .. ‘ , au-
ion an
' tomatlc tr "P do ° r solution for acl-
jonrnment He goes so far as to
| maintain that the house is not in ses-
1 aion le gally, hence all legislation put
t ua coll g rcss would be lmoou -
stitntioral.
Alabama senator will he heard
from at length in support of his posi¬
tion at some future time.
SULTAN FEARS ISLAM.
Fanaticism Acts as a Barrier to Peace
Arrangements.
Advices of Saturday from London
! state that the negotiations at Constan¬
tinople have entered upon the anxious
stage owing to doubts as to the real
intention of the sultan whether he
means to resume the war or not.
A spirit of conciliation is shown at
| the Yildiz Kiosk Turkish toward the ambassa¬ is
dors, but the government
playing a double game and is inciting
public opinion secretly to oppose the
abandonment of Thessaly.
The sultan affects to be greatly
afraid of the Islamic party and the
attitude of the grand vizier, as shown
by the report which he presented to
the sultan urging that the whole of
Islam was fully determined to retain
Thessaly and tendering his resigna¬
tion in case Abdul Hamid differed
with these views, has strengthened
the suspicion that the sultan is pre¬
pared to plead that Islamic pressure
is the reason for not yielding to the
powers.
CONDEMED COUNCIL’S ACTION.
Citizens of Atlanta Hold a Mass Meeting
and Express Their Views.
A mass meeting was held at Atlanta
Saturday night for the purpose of tak¬
ing action on the abolishment of the
old hoard of education by the city coun¬
cil. Resolutions were adopted declar¬
ing that the action of the council was
illegal, revolutionary, without cause
and without warrant of authority, and
was an usurpation of power, and is
despotic and dangerous in the extreme,
in that it throws the public school
system into politics, and makes it a
prey to political heelers at every elec¬
tion, and threatening an upheavel in
the board of education as a result.
HARD ON IRISH MEMBERS.
They Are Driven From House of Commons
For Expressing Their Opinions.
John E. Redmond, the Parnellite
leader, was suspended in the commons
at London Saturday, owing to his per¬
sisting in an irregular discussion of
the financial relations between Great
Britain and Ireland.
John J. Clancy, member for the
north division of Dublin county; Will¬
iam Redmond, member for West Glare
and William Field, member for the
St. Patrick’s division of Dublin, for
similar conduct, were removed from
the house by tl^e sergeant-at-arms.
Mr. Clancy first opposed the harbor
vote, declaring Ireland is overtaxed to
maintain English establishments.
POOLING BILL FAVORED.
Senate Committee Agrees Upon Final
Amendihents To the Measure.
A Washington special says: The
oommittee on interstate commerce
practically agreed Thursday on the
amendments to the Foraker pooling
bill, which is to he reported at the
next meeting of the committee.
The votes taken on the amendments
leave little doubt that the committee’s
recommendations will be favorable to
the measure, which will be reported.
CHILDREN HURLED TO DEATH.
Locomotive Crashes Into Wagon Loaded
With tile Little Innocents.
A special from Denver, Col., says:
At 8 o’clock Sunday evening Marsnu, a spring
wagon driven by Henry a car¬
penter, and containing eight children,
ranging iu age from three to nine
years, was struck by a special train on
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad
and as a result four of the children
are dead and the others are terribly in¬
jured, two so badly that they will die.
Mar sail with his three children had
been spending the day at the home of
a friend in the southern portion of the
city. When ready to start for home he
took a load of children up in the neigh¬
borhood for a short ride.
It is claimed by the police that Mnr-
sau was intoxicated and paid no atten¬
tion to the signals of the engineer, hut
drove upon the track while the train
was in plain sight and but a few feet
away. Tbe engine struck tbe wagon,
demolishing it and crushing and mang¬
ling the children in a horrible manner.
The dead are: •
Elsie Marsau, aged three; Otto
Scboneweiss, aged five; George Baker,
aged five; Etta Speaker, aged nine.
The fatally injured: Alfred Marsau,
aged seven, badly mangled; Will Ba¬
ker, crushed and internally injured,
badly but not fatally; Emily Marsau,
aged five, leg broken; Bertha Schone-
weiss, badly bruised. Henry Marsau,
tbe driver, sustained a severe scalp
wound.
THE RUIZ UEFORT
Said to Have Been Sent tlie State Depart¬
ment by Secret Messenger.
A special from Havana says: The
commission conducting the inquiry into
the circumstances surrounding the
death of Dr. Ruiz has closed its labors.
A mysterious messenger from Wash¬
ington came from Tampa on the steamer
Mascotte Saturday morning, but did
not land. Mr. Fishbaclc, secretary of
the commission, accompanied by Con¬
sul General Lee’s son, went on board
the steamer before she sailed and held
a brief consultation with tbe stranger,
and it is supposed they delivered to
him the report of the commission and
other highly important dispatches
from Consul General Lee and Mr.
Calhoun, who was selected to investi¬
gate Dr. Ruiz’s death, to be conveyed
to the state department at Washington.
The messenger was registered upon
the Mascotte’s inward passenger list
as H. W. Kimball and the same name
appeared on the steamer’s outward
list.
Dr. Joseph Cougosto, the Spanish
consul at Philadelphia, who represent¬
ed the Spanish government in the in¬
quiry, is also said to have forwarded a
long report to Seaor de Lome, Spanish
minister at Washington, by Saturday’s
mail.
Messrs. Calhoun,Fiskbaek and Con-
gosto will leave in-a few days <for New
York direct.
SNOW STORM IN NORTHWEST.
Points in Michigan and Wisconsin Expe¬
rience Cold Weather.
Many points in Michigan and Wis¬
consin experienced the novelty pf Dec¬
oration Day snowstorms Monday.
At Menominee, Mich., it snowed at
frequent intervals all day Sunday, at
times quite hard.
At Bayfield, Wis., sufficient snow fell
Saturday night to cover the ground
and the thermometer dropped to 30.
At Oshkosh snow fell Sunday morn¬
ing and at noon the thermometer reg¬
istered the lowest that it has for many
years at this season.
WAR MATERIAL RIDS.
The Tredegar Company of Richmond,
• Gets the Contract.
The ordnance department of the
army has just opened bids for supply¬
ing about 1,904 cast iron projectiles
for sea coast and seige car n >ns, the
lowest bidders iu each class being the
Tredegar company of Richmond, Va ,
at these rates: 500 seven-inch 125
pound eye shells, $5.50 each; 200
eight-inch 300 pound seacoast shells,
$7.90 each; 300 ten-inch 575 pound
seacoast shots at $13.50 each; 300
twelve-inch 1000 pound seacoast shots
at $19 each, and (504 twelve-inch 800
iround mortar shells at $22 each.
Banker Gets Five Years.
In the criminal court at Lebanon,
Tenn., Saturday, W. E. Hale was
found guilty of unlawfully receiving
deposits and his sentence was fixed at
five years in the penitentiary. Hale
was cashier of the Bank of Watertown,
which failed about a year ago.
NO MINOR POSTMASTERS.
Department Shows Its Policy Toward
Appointment of “Children.”
The policy of the postoifice depart¬
ment as to the appointment of minors
in postoffices has been definitely fixed,
and they will be debarred from chief
clerkships and deputy postmasterships
except a few of the third-class offices
where circumstances urge their pecu¬
liar fitness.
Even then they will not be allowed to
become acting postmasters on account
of the legal declaration that contracts
made by minors are voidable.
This effectually liars them from be¬
ing even temporary postmasters, so
far as the assumption of tbe real re¬
sponsibility of that office is concerned.
WHOLESALE MEN AT NASHVILLE.
Southern Grocers’ Association Convenes
and Discusses Matters of Interest.
The Southern Wholesale Grocers’
association met at Nashville, Tenn.,
Thursday, 200 members being present.
An address of welcome was deliver¬
ed by T. O. Morris, of Nashville, and
responded to by President E.G. Leigh,
Jr., of Richmond, Va.
The president read his annual ad¬
dress, in which matters of interest to
the grocers generally were discussed.
THEY HATE A HEARING BEFORE
THE SENATE COMMITTEE.
KICK ON ADVANCE OF TWO CENTS.
Contention Was That an Increase of Reve¬
nue Tax Would Decrease Compensa¬
tion of the Manufactured Weed.
Representatives of practically all
the tobacco manufacturers in the
United States, with the exception of
the cigar manufacturers, met at Wash¬
ington Wednesday to protest against
the proposed advance of 2 cents a
pound in the tax on tobacco contem¬
plated in the senate amendment to the
tariff bill.
The total tobacco output, exclusive
of cigars, of the United States is about
300,000,000 pounds annually, and of
this amount over 250,000,000 pounds
was represented. unanimously
Resolutions were then
adopted which briefly cite the injury
inflicted upon the trade by the fre¬
quent changes of the tax rate and pro¬
test against the adoption of the senate
amendment.
The senate committee which has
charge of the tariff bill gave a hearing
to a delegation of the tobacco manu¬
facturers at the Arlington hotel in the
evening. The tobacco men were rep¬
resented by a committee of six—
Messrs. Harry Weissinger, of Louis¬
ville; 0. B. Hall, Detroit; P. Lorillard,
Jr., New York; John Haines, Winston,
N. C. ;B. L. Booker, Richmond; E. A.
McAlpin, New York, the chairman of
the tobacco men’s meeting.
The spokesman was Mr. Weissinger,
who presented the case of the tobacco
men, and at the suggestion of the sen-
ators briefly. increase
The contention was that an
of the internal revenue tax would les¬
sen the compensation of manufactured
tobacco, diverting it to the raw ma¬
terials.
That the manufacturers had ad¬
justed their business to the six cent
tax and would be put to a heavy ex¬
pense to change the sizes of plug and
packages, a change which would
greatly disturb trade if it should be
made. The only alternative besides
reducing plugs and packages would
be to use materials of an inferior
quality that they might sell the quan¬
tities of tobacco at present prices.
An argument upon which, stress was
laid was that the effect of increased
taxes on tobacco would be to concen¬
trate the business in the hands of a few
great firms.
THREATENS YENUEASCt.
Havana Newspaper Gets Excited and
Hurls Defiance at Uncle Sam.
El Diario de la Marinia, Havana
newspaper, in a leading editorial says:
“We see in the American newspa¬
pers evidence that there are certain
social classes in the United States not
sufficiently alive to the importance of
the advice ‘don’t monkey with the
lion’s tail.”
“These classes are remarkable for
the eagerness with which they invade
jurisdiction in affairs which, like the
Cuban war, are exclusively the affairs
of Spain.
“The persistence with which they
recognize the belligerency of tbe in¬
surgents is crazy and ridiculous. The
important conservative interests of
the United States should not forget
that the patience of Spain may soon
become exhausted.
“The Spanish government has given
abundant proofs of its good will by
ignoring the many inconveniences
that have been caused by resolutions
in congress.
“Those interests ought to be thank¬
ful to us for our abnegation.
“We have suffered, but in case the
sword should be unsheathed Spain
certainly would not be the heaviest
loser in the fight.
“Spain has sent 200,000 men to
Cuba to settle a domestic difficulty.
What would she not do in the event of
a foreign war with the nation which
for a century has abused our patience
by ignoring Spanish honor and
chivalry.
“President McKinley should con-
sider this carefully and if he is to deal
with us as enemies he should take the
advice of an enemy and no longer
trifle with us.”
QCEEN’S BIRTHDAY
Officially Observed In London With Im¬
posing; Ceremonies.
The official celebration of the queen’s
birthday was observed in London Wed¬
nesday with the usual closing of the
courts and government offices, the
ringing of the church bells, a displuy
of flags, artillery salutes and the cere¬
mony of trooping the color on the
horse guards’ parade.
The ceremony was unusually impos¬
ing and was witnessed by the princess
of Wales, the duphess of St. Albany,
the king and queen of Wurteinberg,
Prince and Princess Charles of Den¬
mark, the duchess of Fife, the duchess
of Connaught and others.
SAVANNAH IS UNFORTUNATE.
Third Disastrous Fire Within a Week.
Total Loss 8150 , 000 .
Savannah had its third disastrous
fire of the week Wednesday night
when the three-story brick building at
Montgomery and Congress streets, oc¬
cupied by the Savannah District Mes¬
senger and Delivery .Company, was
entirely gutted and with it went the
property belonging to fifty or seventy-
five people which the company had
stored there.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Next Industries ISitabl lulled in the South
During the Pftft Week.
Encouraging conditions still charac¬
terize the industrial situation. Grain
and produce are moving freely, man¬
ufactured products are in good de¬
mand, and the large number of new
buildings in course of erection in the
principal citios and towns of the south
testify to the activity in that line.
Business in some branches of the
iron industry shows a marked im¬
provement, and calls for southern iron
are numerous. The Southern Ire n
Committee reports the total shipments
for April to western, eastern and Eu¬
ropean markets as follows: Pig iron,
101,041; cast iron pipe, 5,700 tons.
Among the most important new in¬
dustries reported for the past week
are the following: The Mountain
State Brick and Tile works, capital
$100,000, Point Pleasant, W. Va.; a
75-barrel flouring mill at Sanger, Tex. ;
the Tyler Foundry & Machine compa¬
ny, capital $10,000, Tyler, Tex.; the
Florida East Coast Land company,
capital $10,000, St. Augustine, Fla,;
the Aventurera Mining company, cap¬
ital $150,000, Galveston, Tex.; the
Eclipse Folding Wagon Step company,
capital $50,000, Pine Bluff, Ark.; the
Ohio Valley Cement company, capital
$02,000, Louisville, Ky.; the Pittsburg
and Fairmont Oil & Gas company,
capital $2,000,000, Fairmont, W. Va.,
and the Cottontown Oil & Gas compa¬
ny, capital $10,000, Wheeling, W. Ya.
A 30,000-spindle cotton mill will be
erected at Chambers, Ga.; a large box
factory at Danville, Va.; saw mills at;
Jacksonville, Fla., and Chatham, Va.,
and lumber mills to cost $30,000 at
Bichwood, Ga.—Tradesman, (Chatta¬
nooga, Tenn).
STOCKTON ANSWERS CHIPLEY.
Argues That He Secured the Tetter by
Fair Means.
The expected happened in the Flor-
j ida legislature Wednesday morning
when J. N. C. Stockton rose in the
house to a question of personal privi¬
lege. Colonel Chipley’s attack upon
him in the senate Wednesday made
such action upon his part inevitable.
He presented a statement in refer¬
ence to the Triay letter referred to by
Colonel Chipley as the confidential
communication of a friend that had
been stolen by a burglar, in which the
facts that it had come to him in a
proper manner and had been used by
him legitimately, in the public interest;
was shown.
.The statement contained mfiny severe
criticisms of Colonel Chipley’s course.
Mr. Stockton’s request that it be spread
upon the journal led to a spirited ac¬
hate, in which many members partici\
pated and in which somewhat -violent
language was employed.
Mr. Morgan denounced as an “infa¬
mous liar” anybody who said he had
V li lo vote fyr Chin lev. T*
is not known that anybody hag made
such a charge.
Wall said no man would dare to ac¬
cuse him of having been “influenced.”
There were explanations and expres¬
sions of views from several members.
Finally a vote was readme!, and re¬
sulted—ayes, 31; nays, 27. So Stock¬
ton’s reply was entered on the journal
of the house.
PORTER RECEIVED BY FAURE.
Our Ambassador Forced to Makes His
Speech In French.
President Faure, of France,formally
received the new United States am¬
bassador, General Porter, at Paris,
Wednesday.
An unprecedented incident occur¬
red upon the occasion of the presenta¬
tion of General Porter’s credentials.
The ambassador wanted to deliver his
speech at the Elysee palace in English,
as the retiring United States ambas¬
sador, Mr. James E. Eustis, had done,
but the director of the protocol insist¬
ed that he must speak in French, and
General Porter was obliged to submit.
Although on some previous occasions
United States ministers have spoken
in French, this is the first time the
point has been raised and formally
maintained by the presidency.
Great Congress of Architects.
The minister of Belgium has inform¬
ed the department of state that the
Society of Architects of Belgium has
taken the initiative in convoking an
international congress of architects, to
meet at Brussels, August 28th, and to
hold.till September 2d following. TUti
United States government is inv> H
to send special delegates to repre| fl
it iu the congress. i
HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COLONY
Manuscript Formally Presented to tl^H
State of Massachusetts.
the The Bradford Plymouth Manuscript colony, the historyf^H
new MajH^
ment for the possession of which
sachusetts had long been anxious, wax
formally presented to tbe common¬
wealth of Massachusetts by Hon.Thos.
F. Bayard, former United States am¬
bassador to England, before a joint
convention of tbe legislature at Bos¬
ton Wednesday. delivering the
Tbe ceremony of
manuscript chamber of took the place house in of the representa*"M spacious^H
tives and was of a most impressive na-S
ture. ■
GEORGIA POSTMASTERS.
Polk County Democrats Protest Against
Fullwood’s Appointment.
The president sent to the senate
Wednesday the name of ex-Represent-
ative John I. Fullwood as postmaster
at Cedartown. Fullwood has always
been a populist. There are strong
protests against his appointment, and
it is alleged that he is personally
offensive to most of the people there.
Senator Clay will fight Fullwood’s
confirmation. Mi