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THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
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MACON. GA., SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 15. 139 k
Mtnglf Copy, ftUeiiu.
THEGREAT STRIKE
13 ON THE WANE
Though the American Railway Union
Is Determined to Push It
More Vigorously.
A DAY WITHOUT BLOODSHED
lt-.d.rallon anO tbs Dnliaia* Tra*.i
Jt.pudlsts the Strike, Which Take!
the Backbone Out of It
For Avrhlle,
OMoago, July 14.—Tire executive com
mittee of the American Rail tray Untnn
met tut the Revere bouse shortly after
10 o'clock this morning and held
prolonged session. The refusal of the
general mhnUgni-s to consider fliclr
proposition tor the sordemem of tihe
strike, uml the action of the Federation
uf tabor, the brotherhoods and the
building trades were discussed ut
length. Mtftlviods of carrying on the
strike and of making it more effective
were oonstdered.
In addition to the members of the
board tbere were present Grand Mas
ter Workman Sovereign of the Knights
of I,abor, J. D. Stetson of Ettst St
bouts, ill., and E. H. Honemus of Kan
sas City, executive officers of the
ISrotbothood of Railway Oilmen, and
J. Bowie of Battle Creek, Mich., grand
chief of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Truckmen.
All of the affiliating orders agreed to
go out on strike and to stand by the
American Railway Union In Its strike
to the rad. rt was resolved that, In
now of the rejection by the General
Mnougtvs’ Asso-ctalMon of the proposi
tion Of peace, that a. muster of ah the
forces ac ooo* be tad- and tlhe" strike
rigorously prosecuted wl tlliout regard
to time or orasequenens. Six new men
were sent into the field to work among
the doubtful and hivfcatlng, and, ns
fast os possible, members of the execu
tive board will take the field. The
meeting authorized President Debs to
send the following dlsputch to 1 Chief
Arthur of the Brotherhood of I/k emo
tive Engineers:
0 ''OUteago. July 14.—To P. M. Arthur,
Grand Chief of the Brotherhood- of
Locomotive Engineera, Cleveland, O.:
Tlie newspapers quote you as having
Issued an official order to your mem
bers requiring itherra to work- wlirh scab
firemen, or 'any one the companies
might employ. It is also reported to
us otf what rooms reliable authority
that you are last Sag lettern of reconre
mendutlon to engineers fbr the purpose
of tilling positions vacated by the
•fitters. In other words, Gut you are
supplying scabs to tike the places of
striking engineers. We desire to do
no Injustice, butt wish to be advised ot
the toots In the case. Wo nro now
making history and do not wish to
put any nrnn on record Jinproiu-rly.
An early answer will much oblige.
“By order of the board of directors of
the American Railway Union”
ARTHUR'S REPLY.
The following telegram was received
ny Mr. Debs late tonight from Chief
Arthur of -the engineers, in reply to
one sent him early in the afternoon:
'Cleveland, O. July 14.— E. V. Debs:
My advice to the members of the
members of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, whore called on to
*j v * i*« has been to attend strictly to
their duty as engineers, run their en
gines where they could do so nafeiy,
regardless of -whom tho company em
ploys to fire them. I have not Issued
any letters of recommendation in en-
g.ueers for the purpose of tilling posi
tions vacated tby strikers, and have
stated 40 all Inquiries that members
ooutd take the places vacated by other
members of the Brotherhood of Loco-
mouva Engineers not oontrary to the
it** *: the order, but could not take
the places of the members of the
American Railway Union who had quit
•n obedience -to the orders of their or-
S*p- J have not sent any engineers,
out have referred all applications for
(employment to the chairman of the
general commissioner of adjustment
_ "P. 'M. Arthur.”
American Railway officers oon-
•wr tOM to be tap radical admission
a* the truth qy ,the charges made
against him. Director Itogc-rs-euld the
mply placed Chief Arthur in the light
®* an enemy to organized labor and
tne tool of railroad corporations, hav
ing confessed the truth of the Implied
allegations contained In Mr. Deb's
tltgram.
•J*' n * r X v * a n0 rign of weakness In
talk of the strike leaders tonight,
although Debs shut himself up tn his
room In the Revere house early In the
evening with some offioers and refused
to eay a word tor publication.
CHIEF ARTHUR DENOUNCED.
Chicago, July It.—After the morning-
meeting of .the executive board of the
railroad union President Debs and
Vice President Howard addressed a
k *n* ^0*** atrikers at Unlricn’s
•all. There & unalmoua expression of
confidence in -the governing board, and
•Wry striker ■houced his desire to con*
«nue the strike. The announcement
*** nude that 100 of rh* Brotherhood
? i had t Joined «the at/fke at
“•tile Rock, Ark., and that there would
4 general strike of the members of
- organization and ot the Brother-
, of Trackmen by the first of «che
( • denounced c»*rMln foalenul
“fifes as "ermined scoundrels. & di»-
to the Judiciary, doing at>«o-
u «‘ir the bidding of the corporations."
Ai another mess meeting of ra.lroad
jnktrs tonight Chief Arthur of in*
*o:herhood of Loromotlve Engines
;** wlltd by one of the speakers «
w*4tor and cl humbug,” and a »t«>rtn
*PPUus® greeted the accu»i lion. The
®erican Kidway rn.-m "tfleer* na.d
' ***** An ^ r, Ier for a strike on
. Northern had been Issued
1 that all the union employes would
°ot tomorrow because the company
f»«*:ed tn handling freight from the
Northwestern and St. Paul
nr-L-A 1 ** threatened strike on the
and St. Paul system had
materisUxed up to a late hour to-
l £2‘* 90 f*r as Chicago is concemcVI.
• » . exe cutive council of Ffdcc&tiotx
at l>lc * Bflggv boiL-t' and
2“ l1 °° mtSA* biwloess of the feiler-
f^r as the federation is con*
cernM, they are out of ttie railway
•itrike for good. President Gotnpefft,
when asked about tl»o ivfim.il of the
iullway mauugetu to entertain PresC*
deu< Debs’ proposition* said today:
“X regret it very much. It Is bad fbr
tho railways, bad for fhe men and bad
for public Interest. It will, however,
have no effect on the action taken by
the federation in 4 declining'to order a
general strike.*'
CONDEMN THE STRIKE.
Philadelphia, July 14.—The loyalty X>t,
ihe Pennsylvania railroad employes to
«he company during the recent Htrike
was demonstrated last evening In de-
.islve a.-tion In* on.? of <h*» organized
bodies. This action 4s explained In the
following communication, receved to
day by General Manager Provost:
"Phladelphla, July 14.—S. M. Provost,
General Manager Pennsylvania Rail
road—Dear Sir: Ait a regular meeting
of the West Philadelphia Division No.
162 Order of Railway Conductors last
evening the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
“Whereas. We, as members of the
Order of Railway Conductors In Phila
delphia and vicinity, passenger and
freight, do consider the railroad situ*
tlon in Chicago and other Western
points a serious and deplorable condi*
tion of affairs and entirely uncalled for;
therefore, be K
“Resolved. That we, as law-abiding
citizens and faithful employes, do con
demn the action of those who took part
in wan,ion and IndhfCitmlrmte destruc
tion of life and property and caused a
needless stagnation of commerce to the
detriment of the interest of their em
ployers and the Citizens of the United
Stages. Thu* at no time In this vicinity
has any feeling other than of loyalty to
our employers been manifested and that
we have no affiliation, directly Or indi
rectly, with the organization known ns
Ihu American Railway Un r .on.
“Resolved. That a copy of these res
olutions be presented, to the general
manager of the Pennsylvania raClrtud
for his information.**
DOTTING STRAIGHTENED OUT
Chicago, July 14.—Railroad officials
devoted their attention almost exclu
sively today in getting their traffic de
partments back Into the old lines or
doing business. Tne" Rock Island,
which had dispensed with the entire
forces in its general offices during the
Strike, notified Us men today <Lo re
port for duty Monday morning. The
Milwaukee and St. Paul, which led 'the
way to a general suspension of office
business, will put all its men back to
work on Tuesday. All the other roads
will resume their usual routine after
this. Tnis was pay day on Liu- Rock
Island, 'and the office of the paymaster
'"on the third floor of the Van Buren
street building was besieged • by an
eager crowd. The Chicago and North
western paid off Its men. Its pay car
stood In the yard Just' west of the
Wei la street depot.' A company of
regulars was posted close by, so that
had any attempt been made to raid t-ho
car it could easily have been frus
trated. The managers have laid down
for themselves a policy on the strictest
possible economy, so -as-to offset to tho
greatest extent possible ijb* looses of
the strike. They expect that several
weeks will elapse before 'traffic will re
sume Us usual volume. The work, of
assigning the men to the poril-ti.mn
they left will for many of them be a
Blow process.
The strikers at Pullman will otand
•flfrrf, nolwithtf ton ding !the position of
the American R>#lway Union ami the
Mlnager*' Association, and they ex
pert to win, despite the defeat of ihe
present strike, believing tha-t the pub
lic Is still wM?h them in their light
against ‘the Pullman Palace Oar Com
pany.
Sam Meyers, secretary of the Pull
man grievance committee, said today:
“We are not disconcerted tn the least,
although-we expected to win our strike
With the railroad men’s help in tying
up the roads. However, our men have
every oonftdcnce In President Debs and
tho 'American Railway Union and be-
lievo >we will yet win 'the strike, and
that our cause has not been Injured
In the least. The situation Will now
probably stand as it did before the
railroad men came to our assistance.**
The transit department of the stock
yards resume’d business this morning
with practically a. lull force'of.men.
Thlrty-sevenl non-union switchmen
marched Into the yards <at 7 o’clock
and the work of clearing the tracks
was begun In earnest. The work Is
being done under the protection of 100
policemen and *a military guard. TJje
Chicago, Burlington and QuTncy
brought In 221 cars of live stock and
the Rock Island fifteen cars and the
other roads (almost theLr full quota.
Two hundred oars of live stock were
also sent eastward.
FEDERATION OF LABOR IN SES
SION.
Chicago, July 14.—The meeting of the
executive committee of the American
Federation of I*abo* consisting of
Samuel Gompera, E. Y. McGuire, C. L
Drummond, James Bretall, William H.
Warden, Joseph B. Lennon and Chris
Evane, adjourned, subject to call, ofter
a ten noun* session today. The regular
quarterly meeting should have taken
place on August 1, but owing to the
labor difficulties It was called earlier
than the date set. Nothing of Impor
tance was transacted ’except* routine
business, the moat Important of which
was a vote to assist the carriage mak
ers In their boycott on Studelwker’s
goods, and especially In the Went,
through the help of the Farmers' Al
liance. The council appropriated 4500
to assist Eugene W. Debs In the cose
now pending against him in the federal
court: also 4100 to assist the Seamen*
National Union in organizing their lob
byist, A. Furuseth. 4n his attempt to
have repealed certafln obnoxious stat
utes In the United States law books.
GETTING AFTER DEJBDS.
Chicago, July 14.—A deputy United
States marshal from Tennessee arrived
In town this morning. He had a sum
mons to serve on President Debs, Vice
President Howard. Secretary Kellher
and Director Rogers requiring them to
appear before the United States circuit
court of the western district of Ten
nessee at the August tei-.n and show
cause whyHhey •bould not be punished
for violating the injunction Issued by
the court, restricting them from inter
fering wUh the railways engaged In
currying the mails and in interstate
commerce within the Jurisdiction of the
court.
TO BE TRIED FOR MURDER.
San Francisco. July 14.—'United States
District Attorney Gairtner has receiver!
a telegram from Attorney General OI-
'ney which approves of the decision of
Gartner in holding that those guilty of
wrecking a train near Sacramento mvutt
b* tried fjr murder in the state courts,
and not In the United States courts.
The »hstrlct attorney from Yoloe county
haa been notified that the United States
will proceed agiinst such person* for
obstruc'ing the mails in the event that
they e»^»pe convict ton In the mate
courts.
TO HOLD AN INQUEST.
Sacramento. July 14.—Preparation* are
being made for the Inquest on the body
of Engineer Clark, who was killed In
the trestle wreck. The date for the In
quiry on the body of 8tewart, wbb was
shot yesterday and died last night, has
not been set. It has been learned he
was a liremtn hi the n ivy and was
discharged several month* ago. Rail
road officials say that he has been af-
flfiartlng wkh the strikers.
ALL SERENE IN TEXAS.
Galveston, July 14.—Tile strike is off.
The militia, deputy sheriffs and extra
police have been withdrawn. Every
thin;; on the Gulf. < *'l anil S in*a
Fe is running as if no trouble had ex
isted. Only a few of the strikers will
be reinstated.
LOOKS SERIOUS IN INDIANA.
Fort Wayne, July 14.—The strike trou
bles At Brazil are becoming more se
rious hourly and Governor Matthews
has requested the Fort Wayne Rifles,
the True Blues and Zollngcr lottery to
hold themselves in readmes3 to answer
a dall to go to Brazil to quell the riot.
WILL GO ON FULL TIME.
Logan sport, Ind„ July 14.—Notice was
issued to the S00 employes of the Penn
sylvania railroad shoos, located here,
today thU on next Monday work would
bo resumed on full time. The men had
been working on half time for two
months until two weeks ago, when all
Work was suspended.
A REPORTER’S SCHEME.
Chicago, . July 14.—While rushing
along at a high speed, the Chicago and
Northern Pacific suburban train from
Forest Home ran Into an open switch
at Fourteenth anil Roby streets yester
day evening and crashed imto a heavy
Wisconsin Central freight engine stand
ing bn the next track. Three passen
gers on the suburban were injured in
the wreck, both engines were ruined
and two coaches were telescoped. No
body was killed. It has leaked out
that the wreck was caused by the mis
placing, through carelessness.of a switch
by J. T. Hollister, a reporter for a Chi
cago morning paper, who was acting as
switchman in order to bo on the inside
in getting news among railroad em
ployes. He was promptly arrested rnd
jailed, but was balled out this morning.
STRONGER THAN EVER.
Terre Haute, July 14.—Grand Master
Sargent of the Fireman’s Brotherhood
said today that thfe old brotherhoods
would come out of the Pullman strike
stronger than before It was ordered, fbr
It would demonstrate their conservative
character. The laws of his order, he
said, are made so as to prevent a strike
as far as possible, and such a spirit
should actuate all labor organizations
He added that at no tlmo during the
Fullciun boyoott was there any danger
of a sympanhe 1c strike on the part of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, and all talk to that effect was by
persons not familiar with the brother
hood’s laws.
* AT DOS ANGEDES.
I. -it Anireles, Oil.. July 14.—Charles
He.irot, GUaJrman ol the local division
of the American Railway Union, and a
man whose caeo for contempt Is now
pending - before Judge Ross, said tills
afternoon that the strike was not brok
en hare and die majority of American
Railway Unlbn men on that division
will hold out until officially notified that
the strike ts off. Trains ran In all dt
reottona today without 11 oy trouble.
TRAFFIC RESUMED.
Washington, July 14.—Today's dis-
patohes nnnounce that the etrike has
practically disappeared from Cleveland,
Toledo, • Detroit. St. Louts amt every
other Important railroad centre In tho
recently tded-uu oectlon.
WILD BE TRIED MONDAY.
"Woodland. Oat., July 14.—S.
Worden and H. A. Knox, both accused
of oompUclty m the train wreck, were
brought over from Sacramento about
Td6 o'clock .this evening by Sheriff
Wyckoff and oro now quartered In the
county Jail. Their preliminary exami
nation will be probably held Monday.
The Jail 4* strongly guarded and
company of military is In readiness
Should any trouble .recur. At & date
hour everything la quet.
sent to Jail.
Denver, Col., July 14.—S. R. Cburtx,
A. T. Stevenson and N. A. Snyder,
l’ucblo strikers, were sentenoed
thirty days In the oounty Jail TOSay
by Judge Hallett for contempt. The
defendants asked far the Imposition of
a fine Instead, but the court declined,
aaylntr that this violence of law muea
bo rebuked.
REMOVED COR CONTEMPT.
Cincinnati. July 14.—Judge Taft to
day ppoln'teU William Curd United
Btatea Commissioner at Mount ster
ling, Ky., vice E. M. Porch, removed
for contempt of court. The latter is
accused of aiding the strikers at Mount
Sterling to get away from warrants
that were issued for their arrest, and,
also, of advising them to demand that
they be tried before him in order that
he might cler them. The three pris
oners from Mount Sterling, Ky., who
wanted hearings before Porch, ns well
as the ocher prisoners arraigned, werW
bound over 'to tile October term by
Judge Taft In *300 each. Porch has
been arrested 'and his hearing set for
Monday next at Covington, Ky.
SENT BACK THE CHARTER.
Aurora. 111., July J4.—The Aurora
branch of the Amerlt-an Railway Un
ion. ongaobwd ten two weeks ngo, at
a meeting last night by a unanimous
rota parsed • a iiwoluttou refusing to
strike as ordered and condemned Pres
ident Debt In nninMMirnd terms. Tho
resolution further H’ntiw that the union
was organised under false proteoses.
The cbatter was sent buck tills morn
ing.
CHOLERA IS SPREADING.
St Petersburg, July 11.—Fifty deaths
from eliotem anil 111 fresh cases were
reported In flits city ycs'enlny. There
are 4tiu cases in the hospitals. Tito
disease Is more severe than In 1SD3.
PROCEEDINGS
OF CONGRESS
Debate in the Senate Was Confined to
a Measure Concerning the
Financial System.
SHEDMAN RECEIVED A BACK SET
Saaaior Slton Dlaplay«d Anger Toward
on Unknown A'rwspnprr fWportrr
—Nothing nf Interest Trons- o
ootid by the Haute,
THE BON OF A MILLIONAIRE.
And Bedng a Rich Man, Is Ho Entitled
to s Pardon.
Atlanta. July 14.—It ha* developed tn
the last few days that a white prisoner
In the Georgia penitentiary ts the son
of a New Yors millionaire A few
months ago a hamtsjmc young notor.
who passed under the aim" of Edwin
Haroourt. was sentenced tb the peni
tentiary for one year from Columbus,
llaroourt was thirgi'd with having run
away with some diamonds belonging to
the daughter of a prominent family In
Columbu*. He plead guilty tv tho In
dictment and was glttii a minimum
lenience.
Haroourt had played through the
South ss a meinb r nf Robert Down
ing"* company and he said tnat he h.,d
been a member of various otandard
companies. After receiving his sen
tence he vis leased to a brick rnanu-
f> during company which operate* near
Atlanta. A few days sgo Harcourt's
wife came here ar«l called on Governor
Northen end appealed to him to pardon
her hvbard. She waa recognized t«
Mr*. Albert Buckner, nee Ml** Shields
of Knoxville. T-nn. Sh* declared that
her hut-band la the ion of a New York
millionaire. Haroourt. or Buckner, in-
tlm s.ei that he plead guilty to aave the
npqitloa of the young lady Involved
In the case. Governor Ncrthca ha* not
givtn s decision In the appeal for pep-
don.
"Washington, July 14.—Jhe plan Slow
ly and laboriously formed by a Joint
committee of Wre liouso "for a reorgani
zation of the exccustvo departments of
the government, anil Which wna In
corporated in tho legislative, exottitlvo
and Judicial appropriation bill, wus
the only portion of that moasuri Midi
provoked any debate today. A motion
to strike out those provisions was made
by Mr. .Sherman und advocated In u
speech In wMoh the proposed Chivuge
was dedhvd us an entire eevoUvHcm ot
tho Ontinctfll system of the govern
ment. Mr. Sherman's fiunlUuvlity with
the routine of the business of llio treas
ury might have been supposed to give
great weight und authority to hts
judgment, hut his opposition to tho
change hud mtlly no effect at till, for
there were only four votes, Including
hts owu, given to 'tho mot'.on to strlko
out title putvtgcvtplis, while there were
forty vouch ugufulvt It. Tlhe hill went
Ummgili the committee of the wholo
Info foe scuttle, but (tin wsTS^H
inttuy MMOdiusnta on rather trifling
mtt.tu rs offered by Individual, senators
that -tho bill did not reach its ttnnl pus
s-age.
A newspaper statement recently
mode representing tho 1’opulist sena
tor from Nebraska. (Allen) as making
nil uivti-iinl.v i-xiiimtb.ii of liim.svlf in
the Malby -bundling. Where many sen
ators have rooms for the convenience
of Micnsk-lves and their clerks, was
denounced by -Mr. Allen today uh ab
solutely false and without a slxidotv
of (ptlri&Uiou. It htid been given our-
reney-te, he said, by "no a.Mjfwlu of
eh-iimct-cv,” “a huut-an ghoul," one
who, "Him Ithe stranglers of India,
crouched In the groat by the pail hway,
throw ttte deadly rope uttouud his vic
tim's neck and clicked otlt hts life."
But uiMit.- ho hropod all these and
other. cplrhotB on the offending news
paper man, Mr. Allen awaited, with
nu alttenvpt of GhrteUItm fbi-bcuiunce
.and charity which also passed Ixtllef,
Wlat ihe “would trot spunk unkindly of
tho man,” and that ho •-entertained fbr
him no unkind feeling whatever.
The seuUe adjourned ait 4:15 p. m.,
after the point of no quorum tad been
ruaiohod on tho amcuduieut -to tho Jog-
lslaUvc appropriation bill.
IN THE~HOUSE.
Washington, July 14.—Speaker pro
tom. Rlcbarddon, In a lower to Clerk
Kerr, named Representative Dockery
(Democrat) of Missouri to perforin tho
duties of today. Tho hut wWtef or
aomo other cause developed tin unusual
amount of 'V>bJeotion" in the house to
day u ( nd of half a dozen efforts to ob
tain unanimous consent for tho con
sideration of private lolls ta the morn
ing -hoar, only one was successful. Mr.
IIondeiHon (Republican) of Iowa* was
fortOnate enough to get a MO through
Tor the construction of n bridge ncross
tho MtsSliB'.ppl river at Dubuque, for
tiro Dubuque and Wisconsin Bridge
O/m pany.
An lieitr wuh then spent ill fruitless
discussion of tho Ull reflected by tho
committee on lnteiwu to nnd fbvolim
enmmeroe, to promote llio edldcaey of
tho revenue cutkr service by provid
ing a s.vwtem of retirement for tin- otft
ct-rs. Mr. Ckirk of Itfissourt made an
other sjieech tils',iliMt It. and when the
Yoto rpjx>n4ni; (t fa roinMy to the liouso
showed a majority of 12 In Its favor,
he made the {pM Of no (piorum, which
tad the effort of proveu'lttg action on
It today.
The rest of the schs'oii avtw ooeupDrd
In the delivery of eulogies upon the
late Rejn-ewiriittlvo Ilouk of the third
dtetriot. who dlol Ftbntei .0. Trib
utes of rr-op-et ami t/> Ids memory
ware paid by Measnu Curtis ot New
y-vk. Rkwk of Illinois, Brjati, Krorer,
MeKnlg. I.ytton and Pattrvson of
Tennroseo, Di/nov.an nnrl IVtls-m of
Ohio, Ritchie nn,l Baker of Kansas,
Springer and ILai-e.
The Jtousc adjoamed at 3S10.
THE TARIFF CONFEREES.
They Will Report a. Disagreement and
Ask for Another Conference.
Washington, July !4.-8ena*or Brico
was Isconw tonight when inked for
Infbrnuvilon at to when Rio tariff con
ferees would «rnjx>rt. * ,, nie report,** ht
aafd. "will be mule to the bonne on
Wednesday of naxi week. The con
ferees Will ropart a disagreement and
both houaes v/lll Instruct toegber con
ference."
When asked If he <11dn|t think there
naauld he a pi.-Ual agreenv-nt he re
pllet! that he dkl not, an no Inclination
bad been man-lfeated to mike k divided
report.
fyher aenatora also predict that „
port will bo made during the week, out
they are nut p.«.|i|ve ns to the day, and
members In tho-.r conversation w.dh
newspaper I'-preirnutiveB, whatever
they tmy aty to fhelr r-i:.„v represents
llvot »nd ranstorw. dlncoiajsga tks Ides
that a report nuy l>« cxpcctwl durinx
the week. Th-v say 1: u y/t too early
to ssy When a eon-lesion will be re-iehed
by she Democr.iric -.onfevee* wtttwtt
taking Into •on/iderntlon the poi-iunty
of delay after th- Repnbllran m. mh-.-rs
of the conter-nee ire Invlt.-.l to ptrUct-
pane In ft* proceedings. On this litter
pilnt Bena-tor Aldrtih sal 1 tonight that
If when the Republl- >»* were mkeil
Into the conference and It .h.rald appear
that the Detnocrsric xeni'./risl ton
bad mad* conreenejon/i sumtl*tit l
terUUy alter the chancier of tho aen
ste bill, would certainly ask for full in
formation n» to iha reasons of the
change*, and m that event the prohabll-
fi.les were that ubnri.derablc lime would
be necessary after the beginning of a
full conference before the report could
be m-lde. If. borwever. Senator Brice ts
correct In tils prediction that there Will
not be a divided report and the report
will simply state the fact of a disagree
ment, there would seem to be no reason
for the Republican conferees demand
ing a prolonged consideration tn com
mittee.
tn reference to tho proceedings of the
conference, it could only be stated tbit
the sugar schedule had consumed the
greater part. If not the entire time, ot
the committee, and tho work had de
volved largely on the pirt 0 f tha sena
tors In persuading the represeaitaRvcs
to consent to the refention of the 1-8 of
a cent differential on refined sugar. In
quiries have also been sent by the con
ferees as to how much less than 40 per
cent, ad valorem will soitlsfy the auger
producers. Tho Louisiana members of
congress say nothing whatever can be
yielded from the 40 per cewt, rate and
their response to tho conference was to
that effect.
While U Is true that during the week
almost every schedule In the blit haa
been under conatderatton it ts also true
that as yet fow If any rates have been
fixed other than tentatively, nnd When
number* of the conference say that
nothing has been absolutely agreed bn
they are technically within the bounds
ot truth. It appears from the best In
formation obtainable that a great part
of rho time haa been given to a repre
sentation of the house chnferee* by the
senate members of tho necessity of
making the most liberal concession* pos
sible tn the Interest of the final passage
of the bill through the senate.
THE QUESTION OF SUGAR TARIFF
New York, July 14.—It was learned
on good authority that Secretary Car-
lt*to, while not flnlly disposing ot tho
Imporbint queutlon ralw-d, Informed a
New York firm of sugar Importers
that any reciprocal -arrangement tn
force between tile United State* nnd
other countries would not bo construed
ns obstructing In any way tho collec
tion of duties upon sugar under the
pending Wilson 1 tariff till!, whether
coming from such countries or otlurr
countries. Under reciprocal arrange
ments or agreements. Which eomo
hold have the force of reciprocal trea
ties. certain countries, principally the
republlees of South America, agreed to
nllow this admission dufy free Into
their borders of agricultural Imple
ments and machinery in return for tlie
free entry into the United Suites of
certain or their products, tho principal
among which was sugar. Provisions
carrying out this reciprocal lde«. were
Incorporated into tile McKinley tariff
hill, and tills statement of the secre
tary of tho treasury foreshadowing
>tho official action of the government
should tho duty on sugar be retained
In tin- Wilson hill, In looked upon an
significant-.
RECORDS BROKEN.
Walthall, Mass., July 14.—Julian P,
Biles of Clticugo, ut tlie Wnlrlml bicy
cle track today, broke the world's rec
ord fur two/thlvds of a mile, for tlircc-
quurtciv of u mile and for one mllt-
The now rocurd tor WbtUHl of
mile Is 1:10 -1-5; for three-quarters,
lillo; for Ill", 1:15 -15. 'llu--world'
record previously tor one mile- wus
1:1U. made by Johnson on the
track. Nut Uuih-r of Oun-.hrldgopon
Mum., beat tlio class A world's record
of 2:03. held Porter. He lowered the
record to 2:01 1-5, with n flying start,
0. O. Williams anid F. M. Haggerty of
WaUhnl lonwcd the mile tuudem rec
ord, flying start to llnish, 1:15 3-5, do
ing It iinpnccd. AMtoOfth they nro
elasH-jd A men, this Is batter 'dura fill
class B or prafoerikviol tandem rec
ords. Bliss wotrnd up by breaking nil
other world’s record—Tltot of Tyler for
n mile, wC'th standing start ami pace
makers. Tyler did It in 2:02 2-5; Bliss
did it In 2:00, oven Kmu.
AND THE BAND PLAYED "DIXIE"
'Pittsburg, July 14.—Gen. John B,
Gordon, 4ho ex-ConfedonUu votcran
and present tteniitu:' from Georgia,
Ull" i-riuil'd it dr.iiiiuulc scene in ihe
seftuito early this week by his words
In di'iiurov.ii-Ion of the lawless n--M uf
the mobs, spoke tn n. similar strain in
r..in-,-iial:l"ii with n party of I’ltlsliurg
men. Including Representative John
n.ilzel nnd Hon. L. A. IVarsoii. Th-
la-Mer, rein-ting tho Incident hero
day, quoted Gen. Govdou ns mylng
"I am commands in ciiief of the u./n
federate uulou, which Is an organtza
tlon of Confederate veterans, rtnuilnr
to too Grand Army of tho Republic,
If occasion requires It, I will month
nn army of old soldiery across the long
I/ridge over the Fotomne greater than
ever Gen._Lco commanded, every mnn
of whom will fight to the ddvih to pre
serve the L’nloa n-nd uoinnmnd
sped tor tiro old flag.
BARTLETT TAKES
UPSON EASILY
Tho First Unbiassed County in the Sixth
District Declares for the Bibb
Statesman.
THREE MORE COUNTIES NEEDED
Judge BnrtUti Now Lack* Only Six
Vo!** of KuougU loGIve Hint th*
Democratic Nomination for
Cougt*M«
Upson county acted yesterday, and
by a majority of 152 votes Instructed
her delegates to the congressional con
vention, which meets at Indian Spring
on August 28, to cost her two votes
for Judge Charles L. Bartlett tor con
gress.
Of the ten counties in the strtk con-
gix-sslonel district three have acted.
Bibb, the home comity of Judge Bart
lett, Instructed her 8tx votes tor Wiu.
Monroe, tho lromo county of £Jon. T.
B. ClUxvntss, turn Inatructed her tour
votes for hint. With Upoon's tnvo
votes tho seoro now dthntls lisrtlrtlt 8,
Cabanlss 4, Whitfield 0. Col. Whit-
Held’s county—Baldwin—will unques
tionably instruct for him, making him
2 votes.
There are ton comities, with a total
of 20 votes, in tho sixth congressional
district. It lukes 14 votes to nominate.
Judge Bartlett now has wdtldu U
votes of enough.
Tlie oouutlm yet to act and wKali
-will be contorted are Jones, Balts,
Ucmy, Pike, Siuldlng and Flayctte.
Of these counties Judge Bartlett, in
order to bo nominated, must carry
throe, Mr. Oabanlss five and Mr. White
Add all six. The chanct-s seem to ho
altogether In fttvor of Judgo Ikmlett
gobtiug more Hum tho number of votes
Docessstry to uom-lnaito 1dm If ho cna
tnnko In the other counties naej-thlug
like us big n. proiiotltllatm.to gain uh ho
did In Upson. Ho carried til Kit county
two years ago by only 11 plurality.
While this year hts plurality Is 152.
Two years ngo he ORM Butts nnd
ll-ilf of Mnyclte. Hu Is fully us strong
In those oounKes ns ho "wan tHi-oii nn'd
Ih stronger !u Joucs, Uoory, l'lke and
HpaMtogri- lcriOokH os tliougli Judgo
Bartlett could write M. 0. after hid
name botore tlte ldi» ^f Marob. , “
BARTLBTr CARRIES UPSON. |
Hfs Majority Whs 152—Instructed Jfo*
Atkinson.
Thomwmton, July 14.—(Spodafl.)—In
the Democratic primary here today
AitUhndfi wins nominated for governor,
togolllior with all tho ppnsc-nO statif
house ofllcers. BariloR was noinlVnnted
for congrcHS by 152 m.-ijoftty. J. n.
Mfirdhmun wus i»mln:vt«d tor rupre-
soiiMtlve over Ool. B. L. Tlsluger by
80 majority,
GOOD FOR LAIWSON.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OAMEfl.
At Pittsburg— It.BH.ii).
New York 0 0 o 1 :i 0 s 0 it - s j l j
Pittsburg 4 00100000— S » 3
Pslterirs-aiimbert and Merritt: Meekln
and Farrell.
At ClnctnnaU— R.BH.E.
Borlon „...l 1 3 01 4 0 0 t-13 14 4
Cincinnati J300J0);i-II 16 .(
Batteries—Nichols and Ryan; Cross,
Dwyer and Murphy .
At Cleveland— n.DII.E.
Cl-f.'-l md..,. J 1 2 2 0 00 1 1-14 19 0
Philadelphia 0 00102013-1 ll 1
Kittarlsre—Weyhlng and Buckley; Orff.
(Ith arid O'Connor. •
At St. Louts- R.BIi.E.
8t. Leslie 001 01 100 0—1 1G I
Baltimore.. 10110 1001—7 S 4
Ustterice-Hawley and Twlnsham; Inks
and Clark.
At Louisville— It.Dll.K.
Louisville 1 10000010-6 0 2
Washlsglon 0 00000100-2 S 4
Batteries—Maul and Dugdale; Wads
worth and Grim.
At Chicago— R.BII.E.
Brooklyn 4 00 00004IV-S 16 4
Chicago .0 0 3 01 0 4 0 0— 2 11 3
Batteries—Abbey and KUtredgs; Htetn
and Dailey. Game called on account ot
rain.
OUT IN CALIFORNIA.
.San Frauctftoo, July 14.—to Wcftt
Osiklund larte this aft<.rrmun some tftrllt-
.*1- (/irtrnifi-.1 Hu* ir.i.-k* with t!n»1>«*ns
nnd pullfHl tshe lirasm fnxm iMforot
local trrtlai. Police* militia and Rai
ling rtvre scut to the xome aiid
tlie mriktrs were dtopened.
TUB SALE CONFIRMED.
Knoxville, Tenn., July 14.—Judge Lur-
ton of the United States circuit court
Confirmed the sile of tho East Tennes
see road t*od»y so Sjmuel Spenocr end
assocUites. The new managemeiic will
take chirgo of the property August 1.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Warhlntfion. July 11—For Georgia:
Loo! rains; southerly winds, becoming
variable; sUgbtly cooler in extreme
northern portion.
The Democrats of Putnam Ttecognlze
fill Fitness for Office.
'Eaton ton, July 14.—(Special.)—W«
know of no eulogy wrtilch beflttlngly
does Justice U> the life and record of
our distinguished congressman, Judgo
T. G. Law® m. The Democrat® of Put
nam recognize in thla courteous gentle
men the true iralts of character whlcK
promote *,he good name of a states
man. We make no ho* ft oil on in saying
that Judge McWhorter, t*ho formhluihl®
opponent of Congressman lAawson, ewll!
be itho -worst defeated man that ever
attempted to run against brains and
true worth. To show you wliflt the
people of Putnm think oC Lawson, I
quote you an extract from the Jong sot
of reso'.ujlons adopted by the Demo
crats of Putnam oounty tn moss meet
ing ussombled:
“Resolved by -the Detnpcrata of Put
nam county In mans meeting ossem-,
biod, That we cordially tenors* th®
Hon. T. O. Lawson, and his record
In congress, and commend hlin to iho
district that ho ha® served 00 faith
fully in tho past. W« realize that his
election and service in congress twill
not be an experiment; that he neMs
no eulogy from u® to mak® «hb» mfrit
known. iMeasured *by every Mfcdpomt
he has fdlly come up to our expecta
tions. Fow men In th® nation could
have equalled his recortl In congress.
We osk the people of the Mighth to
Indorse by re-election this wls® reerf-
aentatlvn.' 1
PERRY POINTteRS.
Chester Pearce to Oonteet the Komi-
million of A. H. Gilo*.
Perry. July It.—(Siwrial.)-Hon.
Ohtater fttete uiio It will ta retnom-
horcil lu tho race tor tho le»l«laturo
received only tour votes lee* thou Hoo.
A. H. Giles In tlio primary elnmion belli
In tbls eotimy on Jtuu-has tl'-rittal
to contest tho nomination on the ground
of Itt'-gal voteil nlUetrel to have been
cast at different points In tho county
at tluit time, and the notices required
by ktw were; served on the coatcstoe
tod.iy.
Mon. Obestor Pcnrcc very ably rep-
I mifwl Houston In tlie hist legisla
ture. anil hts host of friends rtrtnk that
It Is nothing but Jiwtlco to hliusolf ajid
the Deuiuiiuile party Hut an lnvmtl-
iwfcon U- held, and, If rumor ho true,
he nill succeed.
The Arm of Nottlnutain & Brunson
1ms been roiulmsl to <t/ndact the roup.
Tiro ttWUnne rsidoaco of Mr. O.
E. Gilbert I* being rapidly built, imd
when completed will be an ormtimmi
to ihe town.
Mr. .1. H. King Is also irrottng a dno
rosl'lene" on Swift Htroot.
Miss Mumey Hatcher of Moron le
visiting .Mr. and Mre. J. S. Brunson of
tbl* place.
Mbs I.llo ntincnn has with her Miss
'/.-lilt r.t-e of Utudltla trad ttio Mlse-s
N.tiiier of Bawlclnsvtllc.
Mi*. Mattie Auslf-y of Amcrlcus te
at Dr. Tliarpc's.
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