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MACON. GA.. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 12. 1891.
A CLOSE GALL FOR
THE TARIFF BILL
H |||'5 Tariff Conferees Resolution Was
Brought to a Vote in the
Senate Yesterday
AN0 RESULTED IN A TIE VOTE
Jh , Vice-President (•tiled the M»ttir
Volins T«», THU* »•»«■>* T.rl*
U(liutt« From *n lotted- •
ntt« Postponement*
Washington. August 11.—Today's pro
ceedings in the senate were of a moat
Interesting and exciting character, in
volving as they did, the success or de
feat oi sll the tariff work Of the ses-
tion; and It was only by the casting
rate of the vice president that the Dem
ocratic party eras saved from a had
repulse, if not a complete overthrow. >
The day began with a' debate upon
the resolution offered on Friday by Mr.
Hill, Instructing the senate conferees on
tariff bill to report whether the con
ferees of the two houses were likely to
igre: and If not to report a disagree^
pent. Mr. Hill modified hls resolution
by inserting an additional clause, re
quiring the hill to be handed to the sec
retary of the senate for such motion
a s the senate might desire to take upon
It The significance of this clause was,
mat if the bill were so delivered to
the senate the house could not have the
chance (which had been rumored
one of the possibilities of the occasion)
to agree to all the senate amendments
end thus have the bill sent to the pres
ident without any further action on the
part of the senate. The debate for
j nearly two hours was directed To that
phase of the aueatlon.
At last action was precipitated by a
j motion made by Mr. Cockrell to pro
ceed to the consideration of executive
business. That motion was Justly re
garded by Mri • Hill as hostile to hls
1 proposition, and he promptly demanded
ihe yeas, and nays, Tliese were taken
and were watched with the most In-
I tense Interest and excitement by aena-
I run of sll parties and by an Immense
I crowd of spectators In the galleries.
I The result was announced by the vice
| president os yeas 35: nays, 33, and die
1 promtly gave hls vote In the affirma-
Itive, thus defeating the Hill resolution
[for the time. It has now gone to the
I colander, whence It can billy be taken
I by a majority vote, although a similar
[ resolution may be offered at any.time.
1 Besides the seventy senators voting
[there -were fourteen paired, the ohly
I senators left unaccounted lor being Mr.
I Stewart (Populist) of Nevada, who was
Ipiesent, but maintained u position of
I strict neutrality. The three other Pop-
| ulist senators, Messrs. Allen, Kyle and
|Peffer. with the two Democratic sen-
I stars. Messrs. HU1 and Murphy, voted
[with the Republicans. All the other
(Democratic senators remained true to
• their party fealty.
1 The most Intense Interest and excite
■ ment prevailed on the floor and In the
I galleries as the vbte progressed. When
la pair was announced between Messrs.
Ifrhy and Wilson (Republican) of Iowa,
I Mr. Hill appeared to doubt the defec-
I lion of hls supposed ally and demanded
I the authority for pairing with a Itepub-
I Ilcan. The authority was soon forth-
| coming. Mr. Jones (Democrat) or Ar-
[khnsaa produced and read two telc-
| grams which he had received from
I Sir. Irby, one saying: "Please arrange
| a pair for me In favor of the bill,” and
I the other saying: "pair me In favor of
■ the free sugar proposition If that comes
| up la the senate."
The roll was finally completed and
[bf the vice preseldent In these words:
I On agreeing to the motion to proceed
| ?° the consideration of the executive
l business the yeas are 35 and the nays
11 1 ? *• The senate Is equally divided.
I v * ce President votes aye."
| The announcement relieves the ex-
I treme tension which had slezed upon
I the senators and spectators. The vice
l£i rt *i? ent .Erected the galleries ro be
I#"*™ and the doors to be closed: and
| J“ us ended an incident which had
t0 bring to naught the whole
I u .r wor k of the sesion. The following
111 the vote in detail:
l,k—‘l’—?T te . Berry. Blackburn. Blan-
.Brlc*, Cafferey, Call, Camden.
■ oackrell. Coke. Faulkner, George, Glb-
I ‘aotdon. ’Gorman, Gray, Harris,
IT*"?; Jon* eg Arkansas. Lindsay, Me-
|Martin. Mills. Mitchell of Wls-
12™'?’ Palmer. Pasco, Pugh, Ransom,
IwanT x5sj u * > Tur P |e - vest, Vilas,
[ W alsh, White.—36.
I Allison, Carey, Chan-
I ?'"• Cullom. Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Du-
hrln„v. Fr ?, e ' pa'ilnfrer, Hale, Hans-
I Jnn^!i'v, Haw , ley ’ Biggins, Hill. Hoar.
I Neva da. Kyle. Lodge, McMillan,
I AHIoheH of Oregon, Mur-
I iwi^tST’ P erk lns. Pettigrew, Power,
' CrmJn - ShouI ’' Teller. Waah-
I n.Th* following senators were paired:
I - ■'■r and Camorui. Irby and '.VII-
lo.f:„ H V? ton an<1 Platt. .Morgan and
[ *>'. M. I’h-rraon and Murrl.l, \»r-
llnJL.* nJ "'.liiMtt, Daniel and Squir'd.
I •?**! •** mute. *
I, The executive session was brief and
I:.';., >> -■"> ck. adjourned
(until Monday.
LHh Hill’s resolution after its final
I jn-wl.flca.Uun reads as follows: "That
I’“-*** conferees on the Dart of the *<-n-
|0.e who are now considering the dlr-
■ lerences between the two houses on
UJs tariff blit'report to the eenste If
■ they ane -likely to come to an agree-
|J"vnt’ and If not to report the principal
I'lems of disagreement, delivering said
(“111 to tbs secret iry of theesmate for
(the further action of the senate
(thereon.”
I Before going Into the tariff matter,
IS* ’?*• Prastdmrt told before the son-
I»“ the resolution offend yrater-i .> by
I*r. Chandler (or an laqatry into the
(Iz.rnema of the recent election In A-a-
I’ Mr. C’handDr r.-mark'-l that
Ithe counting of (he trot-** iu Alabama
I™ not finlsned, and that the senior
itonator from that atate had not re-
i’urned *to the city. He, therefore, pro-
P°s*o to ask that hls resolution might
so over, retaining Its position. He ex-
that a great calamity to the state of
Alabama would be averted.
r. Pugh said that there had been
ofllolal repor* of the resolution of
last Monday’s election in any lounty
In Alabama. The returns Involving
members of the legislature would be
sent to the legislature next Novem
ber. and that the legislature would have
the exclusive power to deal with the
rights of the members .to their seats.
There was no authority In statute law
for tile proposed Investigation And if
titere shuld be air Investigation, he
was sure that 'nothing whatever wouM
be discovered to authorize, Justify or
support It.
Mr. Gray objected to Mr. Chandler’s
request, that his resolution should lie
over and retain its place. Such an In
vestigation as It proposed would be a
long step In the direction of centraliza
tion.
■Mr. Chandler thereupon withdrew the
resolution a-nd Immediately afterward
decltred It anew, and then under the
rubs It went over until Monday, thug
getting the ‘better of Mr. Gray’s ob
jection.
The request of the house for a con
ference on 'the bill to prevent Inter
ference with the collection of state,
county and municipal taxes was agreed
to. and Mssrs. Pugh, Coke and Hoar
Were appointed conTerees on the part
of the senate. ,
Mr. Butler, who has been election
eering In hls own state for several
weeks past, was again In his seat today
and was cordially welcomed by ms
associates.
THE SCOURGE •
IS SPREADING
Cholera Has a Firm Foothold in Russia
and Is Slowly Moving
Westward,
WAR VESSELS GOING TO COREA
Th» P4w«ri An JMloai of Baeh Other
Ihe Orient *nd Are Preparing
to Katabllati Them-
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Aug. 11.—The session
of tho house today was_conflncd to the
consideration of two Items" In the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, upon which
the conferees had found themselves
unable to agree. The first related to
the rrgatlon and reclamation of arid
lands, and as to this the house voted
to recede from Its disagreement to tho
senate amndmnt, wit?, an amendment
of its own. This amendment proposed
to give to eaoh of the states containing
these arid lands 1.000,000 acres upon
certain conditions, the chief one being
that 33 per acne should be expended by
the state In Irrigating the lands.
The amendment directing the eecre-
tary of 'the treasury to purchase the
Mabone lot for a site for the'govern
ment printing office, at a coat not^ex
ceeding 1250,000, was tho last remaining
Item of disagreement to be aoied upua-
Motions were made by Mr. Breiz
(Democrat) of Indiana that the house
recede from Its agreement to therben-
ace amendment, with un amendment to
locate the printing offlete on What is
known as the ’Tab commlssloa rrere-
vall Ion," and Mr. 'Bankhead at Ala
bama to purchase the MJ adjoln ng tbo
present site and extend thte building
° V "Tne discussion attogether relited to
the question of the eligibility bt sites,
it being conceded on all sides that iu.
new building was a crying necessity.
The proposition to purchase the Mn-
hone lot (the senate amendment) was
defeated, 127 to 53. The proposition to
erect the printing office on the fish
commission reservation was nlso de
feated. The proposition to purchase tho
present site and extend the building
(hereon was agreed to, 158 txMl,
The house agreed to a conference on
the Items still In controversy. The old
conferees were reappointed and the
house, at 4:40 o’clock, adjourned Until
immediately after t* e ^use ad
journed a call for a caucus qf the Dem
ocratic members for 10 o clock Monday
morning was read. Thecall wssr
celved with applause by the Democrats,
the Republicans keeping sl.ent.
WHY THE VCXE PREVAILED.
Washington, August U‘— Th O J^ c . 1 J'
ion of the senate to go Into executive
session today. - pending the conaidera-
tlonof the Hill resolution, and theearly
subsequent adjournment was due to the
gensdsl belief of the Demcmrottc side
of the senate thnt the house Dsiuocratifl
caucus, called for Monday, would result
In ths acceptance by the house of tho
senate bill entire and without change
of any kind. This belie was strength
ened by Speaker Crisp Just prior to the
making of the motion for an executive
session. He was closated In the room
of the ■erate committee on appropria
tions with a few Democratic leaders of
the senate, and It was Immediately af
ter this conference that Senator Cock
rell entered hls executive session mo
tion. When tho senate adjourned the
Democratic senatbra were, as a rule.
In far bettor spirits than they have
been for weeks, and the conseratlve
senators and the Democratic members
of the finance committee were In espe
cially amiable frame of mind. Tho
transformation was due to the fact
that they felt they had passed a seri
ous crisis and this feeling was .evi
dently based upon the assurance re
ceived (rom the 'house that tho senate
bill would be accepted 'by that body
without change. They did not consider
that all the dangers were passed, but
they stated freely that the best assure
a nee- which it was possible to secure
of a future event, depending upon so
many men as there are in the Demo
cratic aide of the house, had been re
ceived, «r.d they were very hopeful
thntdhe hill would receive endorsement
of the house early next week. This be
ing the case they concluded that furth
er debate would be useless and might
complicate the matter, and that, there
fore, the wisent course was to put a
atop to It Immediately after adjourn
ment the Democratic steering commit
tee went Into session In Senator Cock
rell’s room. The president and hls ad
visors. sIbo. have been in frequent con
sultation over the situation. The pres
ident and Becretnrys Carliale and Gresh
am held a conference, and the secre-
tarlea alsb consulted with Interstate
Comnqerce Commissioner William R.
Morrison and Senator Mills on the beat
policy to be pursued.
VIEWING THE DEAD BODIES.
BACON CARRIES
aTOOSA COUNTY
It Was a Hot Fight, but the Mountain
eers Were True to the Big
Man From Bibb.
TWO MORE FOR BARTLETT
ThiCoamlMof Fayette end Jones Fall
Into Llm for the flame Coek of
Bibb— Politic*! News From
All Over the Sfmte.
Copyrighted 1804 by Associated Press.
Bcrllu, Aug. It,—Cholera Is slowly but
steadily spreading westward. The d.s
ease has obtained a foothold in nine
teen Russian provinces, .where deaths
by hundreds uro recorded daily. Chol
era exists In seventeen districts of Ga
licia, and scores of deaths take' place
every day m that section. In east
Prussia, especially In Dantzlc, the sit
uation growB worse hi spite of tho clos
ing of the frontier ut Golluba on the
river Drewcnz, opposite Dobrczyu, Po
land.
According to oltic-lnl reports cholera
bacollll lmve been found fioatihg In tho
rl'for Vistula and u number of fatal
cases are also privately reported from
Hohn and Golluba. The rest of Ger
many appears to be free from cholera,
although a few sporadlo cases have oc
curred here aud there.
Two strongly armed cruisers, the Cor
morant and Condor, now In reserve ut
Kiel, will be seat to eastern Asia. The
gunbnntR litis aud Wolf uro already
In Chinese waters and with the three
cruisers sent to the fur eusl last week
and tho Cormorant and Condor, Gere
mnuy will have a total forco of seven
ships and rbout n thousand men In tho
vicinity of Corea. It Is estlnmtod thnt
nearly HU.OUO Russian troops are In
eastern Siberia and have with them
sixty-four heavy guns. This, In con
nection with the tact that Russia has
sent eight tvnr ships under sqaled or
ders to Corea and tlult the commander
In chief of eastern Siberia lius been In
structed to hold (he troops of that dis
trict to readiness to march at auy mo
ment, Is regarded as significant
The coming socialist cougrcss at
Frankfort promises to be stormy. It
Is suld that Vohnnr aud Grllleuberger
buva announced that they are deter
mined to reject .ill interference with
the Berlin commerce and with tho
finance of the Bavarian Boclnl party.
In "addition, there is the theoretical
question of tho beer boycott, which
will undoubtedly receive a thorough
ventilation at the approaching congress.
,Tho Von Kotzo scandal was revived
this week In the courts. Schmidt and
Keener, who obtained so much money
from Kotze under the proteose that
they were able to divulge tlic name of
the writer of the anonymous letters
and the postal cards which caused so
much dlsturbanpo'ln nristoertnic circles,
and which eventually led to the arrest
of Von Kotze, were sentenced to long
terms of Imprisonment. It Is staled
on good authority that the courts are
In possession of facts which would seem
to indicate that a prince of the royal
Imperial family was tho author of the
scurrilous letters.
North Georgia speaks out this time,
and, with middle and south, east and
west Georgia, she speaks out for MuJ
.4. O. Bacon us tho pvspcr man to rep
resent the Empire State of the South
In the United States senate.
Catoosa Is u representative north
Georgia countv. Her people are a fru
gal, hurd working class, generally small
farmers. They take a keen Interest
In politics and are men who, when they
make up their minds, are pretty well
set.
Col. Garrard recently paid n visit to
north Georgia and It was tisired by
Jlnj. Bacon s Iriends Imd laid S pretty
solid line of fences. As It turned out,
however, the old loyalty for Bacon tvua
too strong and the county at Its prl
nmry yesterday declared for hint In
unmistakable terms.
The action of Henry county more
than a week ago settled tlio congres
sional ruco In the sixth district, but
Judge Charles U Bartlett has been
busdy eugaged In canvassing tho bal
ance of the district, nevertheless, itml
yesterday the light was brought to a
permanent close by Fayette nnd Jones
acting. Tbey are the last counties m
the district to net.
Tho score .stands now: Bartlett hns
Bibb, 0 votes; Upson, 2; Pike, 2; Kpnhl-
lug, 2; Henry, 2; Jones, 2; Fnyette, 2;
total 18. Cubnulss—Monroe, 4; total
Whitfield—Baldwin, 2; Butts, 2;
total 4. The chances are Unit Judge
Bartlett will be nominated on tho first
ballot.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
London, Aug. II.—Messrs. Weed and
Bartlett, who are reported to have
come to England to seek financial aid
for the Klcuiuguun Cunal Company,
said In an Interview this evening:
“While tho shareholders of tho Nlcu-
rnguuq Cuunl Company arc patriotic
and willing to let the United States on
’any fair bas.s carry out the enterprise,
they do not propose to be Idle or to let
Uie project collapse. If tho United
States will no curry out the enterprise,
therefore we shall not refuse any fair
proposition from any other source. We
shall only stipulate that until a largo
amount be paid the first claim In the
enterprise shall be reserved for tho
United States. If congress delays ac
tion until European capital shall have
been Invested, It must not cumplatu,
It really makes little difference whence
the m-Hiey cmiics, iunsmu It in Ihe ca
nal must always he neutral and open
to tho world’s commerce." Both gen
tlemen were hopeful Unit they would
bo successful in Uielr, mission.
Eleven ot the Victims of the Rock Island
Wreck Were Identified.
Lincoln, Net>.. Aug. ll.-The remains of
eleven Vjdies of persons who perished In
the terrible wreck on the Rock Island
road were Identified today, and there Is
lltle reaeon to believe test any more can
be Identified. The report that A. K. Kdtie
and M. Weaver were among the victims
her proven "o he false. They were safe
lc their homes at Pawnee City. The
t elored ex-convict. George Washington
Davis, who was arrested last evening on
iHispklon of having caused the wreex. de
nies nor confirms the charge. He notds
a bad recorl around these parts, and sus
picion points very strongly airimet him.
At the coroner’s Inquest this afternoon the
Investigation was. if anything, favorable
to the negro. The investigation will last
several days yet.
CHARLES HANEY FINED W*>.
Owensboro, Ky.. Aug. ll.—Charles Ha-
mm ey, who was recently fined ’n the United
the hope that the resolution I (bate* court for vloCatiog the ct*ll service
ould be ultimately agreed to. as he law by eoucltlng campaign contributions
sired that otherwise there might be
[wo leg.sHures, two governors and
three United States senators from Ala
bama. He believed that with a cloee
arestigatlon of the question by the
on privileges and elections
government employe, hoc
rested under a capias for the fine and
put tn Jail. Friends mode up !3><i and
had him released
first Instance of a
violating this l*s.
’ CHOLERA STATISTICS.
Amsterdam, Aug. 11.—Two deaths
from cholera were reported here toda.
At Macstricht tivo new cases of chol
era were reported and nt llalfcweg
there were five deaths from the name
cause. At Haarlem bin- case of cholera
occurred and at K.iaudam there was
also ono case reported.
CHINESE AND JAPS FIGHT.
Loudon, Aug. 11.—Tho government
has received u dispatch confirming the
announcement of further fighting be
tween the Chinsso and Japanese. Tho
guvernmeut advices say iliat the Jap
anese were making an attack upon tho
important aavat station at WcUt-llal-
Welti, but no details were given.
MINERS ENTOMBED.
Warsaw, Aug. 11.— 1 The extensive
coal mines near- Dombrewn have been
burning since yesterday afternoon. Tho
fire was started by an explosion of gas.
when the full force of men was under
grouud. The main shaft was wrecked
and comparatively few miners nave
been rescued. Thu latest report
that sefcral'hundred men are entumbed
Jr the mines and that all hope of sav
ing them has been ubaadoatsl. The
mines are owned by tliv Fraucolltallun
Bonk.
A NEWSPAPER IN TROUBLE.
Paris. Aug. 11.—The court or appeals
has decided to ask the government to
proseeitte the Id trend grant newspaper
for printing yesterday raid Thursday
Henry It-vche’s ln-ulting criticism of
Judges who are conducting the trial of
Anarchists.
twenty-first district in tho next assem
bly of Georgia, aud the transaction ol
any other business affecting tho Interest
of the party lu said district.
BACON IN HARRIS.
Ho Makes a Telling Speech to tho Peo
ple ot Hamilton.
Hamilton, Aug. 11.—(Special.)—By In
vitation, lion. A. 1». Bacon spoke to a
large and enthusiastic audience here
today. The court house was well
tilled with Democrats aud a good num
ber of Populists. The speech wits n
decided success anil had a telling ef-
foct Snell it speech ought to l)e de
livered In every county in the slate.
WOODBURY.
COL OLMSTEAD’S
DISAPPEARANCE
Investigation and Inquiries Heve Devel
oped Certain Facts That May
Be Significant.
ADMINISTRATOR FOR ESTATES
The Farmers Are Jubilant Over rrospects
for Oood Crops.
Woodbury, Aug. 11.—(Spozlal.)—The
farmers of this section are nil smiles
over the very Haltering prospects of an
abundant ylell this fall. Many who nave
traveled shout the state claim this -sec
tion ftutkes the moat successful showing
of any In the state.
Professor W. O. Pott, the principal Ot
our school, hat arrived and reports hal
tering prospects for the Imsulng term.
Our town has long boosted ot the boat
schools In the state, and last year tt-
rolled 133 pupils.
Mr. Ulon Williams, editor ot the Mes
senger, left last week to enjoy the North
ern and Western trip with the Georgia
editors. During hls absence W. J. w>i-
llama of this city Is ably lining the chair
of "ye editor.”
Quite a number ot our cttlxens attended
tho convention which nominated Charles
L. Moses for congress at Warm Springs.
The moat enjoyable social event o( the
season -was tho Impromptu muslcale given
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wil
liams Thuralay night. Those projo-it
were Mrs. Ison, Misses Jones ot Thom-
aatott, MeBlvin of,Concord, Slurp ot Cul-
lofien, Lizzie Wslson, Ison, Lula Watson,
Rosa Meeso, Annie Muse, Wnlls, Wheeler:
Messrs. W. a. Post. Charles Gilt, II.
Powoll, John Jones, Dixon, Dr. Dixon,
Dr. 'Clements, R. T. Powoll, Smith, W. (J.
Winters of Chattanooga.
Tho special features of tho evening
were the vocal duets by Mrs. Ison and
Minn Annie May Ison. Instrumental duet
by Miss Williams und l’tofostor Winters;
violin selections by Professor Winters
with piano accompaniments by Miss
Walls.
The evening was one of tho moat pleas,
ant we have passed during the summer,
Our excellent local talent was very ap
preciative of our congenial and Jolly l’ro.
feasor Winters, and ono of tho choicest
readings of tho evening -was tho rending
of one of ills original poems, entitled
“Mozart.” Resides hls rare musical tnl
ent ho also.shows poetical powers In hls
piece. Hi) was kind enough to furnish
a copy of It.
'CATOOSA FOR BACON.
Her Solid Citizens Stund Loyally by
tho Mna From Bibb.
Ringgold, Aug. 11.—CSpoclnl.)—Ca
toosa county by a vote of nearly two
to one,'declared today la favor of MaJ-
A. O. Bacon of Bibb for United States
senator.
It was feitred by the friends of MnJ
Buuoa that the county would go fur
C’oL Louis Garnutl of Columbus, us ho
had been here a week or two ago nml
some of the strongest men In tho couu
ty had promised him their Hlipport.
After MuJ. Bacon's speech here,' how
ever, tlic title turned n.ml it became
simply tt matter of majority.
Catoosa county has always been
loyal to MnJ. llncnn. She fust her
voles for him when ho rim against
Gen. Gordon for the governorship.
JONES COUNTY FOR BARTLETT,
Only Sovon Votes Were Against Him
in tho Wltplo County.
Clinton, Aug. 11.—^(Special.)—Tho
voto In Jones was small today on ac
count of tho fact that no opposition
wus made. Judge C. L. Bartlett re
ceived tho vote of the county, getting
1U2 uf the 100 votes cast In the county.
FAYETTE FALLS IN LINE.
Her Citizens Unanimous For Bartlett
For Congress.
Fdyettovllle, Aug. 11.—(Special.)—In
tliu primnrles today a solid voto was
cast fur Judge C. L. Bartlett to repre
sent the sixth district In congress. Since
the action of Henry there has been uo
opposition to Bartlett He would lmvo
carried tho county anyway.
PIERCE COUNTY- ACTS.
Hon. E. L. Walker Will Represent Her
In the Next Legislature.
Blackshoar, Aug. 11.—(Special.)—Tho
Democrat* In convention today nomi
nated Hon. E. L. Walker for the houso
and Indorsed lion. S. It. Harris
Jcsup for tho senate. Mr. Walker was
nominated after the first ballot by ac
clamation. Democrats claim the coun
ty by a good majority.
HILL KOU~SPEAKER.
Meriwether's Favorite Son Will be
/ Candidate For tho Place.
Greenville, Aug. 11.—<8pec!at)—Hon
H. W. Hill an<l Dr. J. D. Sutton ncrc
today nosn'nntod by tho Deinocmtli
convention oh the nominees for the leg
Ululure frein tins c-nuily.. Hinging and
ekquent speeches were math: by both
of the nominees In acceptance of the
nomination, which were listened to by
;i e.-m t house full of Item s-rals.
A resolution was ununlio-msiv ndopt-
cd indorsing Hon. II. W. Hill
speaker of the house of representatives.
He is n candidate for tills h.glt post
tion and has hearty nssurutices from
frioodi all over tho state that his clcc-
I. I H--.OI ed.
Meriwether will go Democratic by
large majority.
A CONVENTION"CALLED.
Tho Twenty-first Senatorial / District
W.U Make n Nomination Soon.
James, Aug. 11.—(Fipodal.)—At
meeting of the Dentoeratle executive
commit its- for the twenty-first senato
rial district, held at Gonhm oil August
7, -i • mention W.IS called to t in
Gordon on Tuesday, A u go -1 "i, for the
purpose of nominating it Democratic
candidate for senator to represent the
l.srgs Number of Uomls Entrusted t(
Him, VVliloh Culinot He Setlafttc*
turlly Accounted For Uy
Hie Frleudi.
EJECTED THE REPORTER.
Mayor Plngreo Had a Rough Time
With n City Commission.
Detroit. Aug. Tl.—Mayor Pingreo
this afternoon sworo out warrants
ngalnst Brace OaodftllOW, president of
the fire department committee, Secre
tury Tryi,n of tho committee, And As
sistant Flro Chief Elliott, charging
them with conspiracy und assault, nnd
they lmve been arrested. The trouble
arose over nn order which the mnyor
gave n local reporter to extunine the
Books of tlic lire committee. The re
porter was refused access to the buoks
by Secretary Tryon last evening nnd
tlto mayor went la person with the re
porter to the office of the lire depart
ment committee and demanded to see
the books. Tho oitlco was closed nnd
President Goodfellow refused to re
open It. An nltercntlon ensued, when
Goodfellow called on ElUott to throw
the reporter front the- building. Mayor
Plngree Interposed und several firemen
were called up from below. While two
or threo of them held Mayor Pingreo
tlto rest ejected the reporter. The city
lawyers advised ilio mayor Hint be boa
a right to examine the hooks nt any
time, ami that the obstructing com
missioner and- employes multi be
charged with conspiracy, lienee the
warrant. Qoodfcllo, Tryon and ElUott
were arraigned In police court nnd
hail fixed nt $1,000 In each case, whlcli
wus promptly furnished.
COCHRAN BICYCLE RACES.
Cochran. Aug. 11.-Cochran's bicyclists
met at Peacock’s race track yesterday
and, in the presence of about 2T/I gue-ttn,
eucccssfuliy carried out the programme.
The track wits very heavy, and tee tltno
made was. therefore, slow. The winners
were:
Milo Bicycle Race—Murray first, Meadows
second. Time, 3:16.
Two Hundred Yards—Slow race, Thomp
son first. Meadows seco.ut.
Two Hundred Yards—Obstacle r»c»,
Thompson first, Murray second.
Five Miles—Blcyclo race, Murray first.
Meadows second. Time, .19*4.
Half Mllo-Btcycle etoeplechaio, Murray
first. Thompson second.
Half Mile-Trotting race, reacock - -
rtlatnberto first. Thompson, second
'rime, 1:13.
In tho steeplechase, at tee first fence
Thompson broke the saddle of hls bicycle
un-l flnlslnd second, riding tile pedals,
The boya’ riding costumes were neat
and pretty, and their first attempt at
racing proved quite a success. No racing
machines were In ths race, roadstcra be
ing used entirely. II is expected that In
Jho near rtture other races will be or-
rtngcd and wane of our neighbors asked
to participate.
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAM 153.
At Brooklyn— R.BH.
Brooklyn 1 9 0 0 31 3 3 1-11 16
Boston 02 00 02 2 3 3-10 18
Batteries—Lucid and Klnslow; Btlvetlt
and Qanzel.
At Baltimore— R.B11.E.
Baltimore ,...402(40 31 0—0) (
New York 00000 1000- l 4 (
Batteries—McMahon. Eeper and Robin,
son: Westervelt and Farrsll.
At Philadelphia—First game. H.nil. 14.
Philadelphia 1 13303100-10 10 I
Washington 0 12102100—7 8 a
Batteries—Taylor and Buckley; Sullivan
and McGuire.
At Philadelphia—Second game. It.flH.B.
Philadelphia 4 0 3 4 4 2 O-IO 21 1
Washington 0 040000—4 4 1
Batteries—Weyhink and Buckley; Maul
and McG ilre. Gams called on account
of darkness.
At PltUOwr*- R.BH.K.
Pittsburg (03000000-3 0 0
Louisville 00001000 1— 2 e t
Batteries—Cumbert and Mack; Meneres
and Grim.
At Chicago— R.BH.K
Chicago 1 001 10003-9 10 7
Cleveland 10400204 0-11 14 I
Butterles-Btratton and Schriver; Cuppy
and Zimmer.
At Cincinnati— R.BU.E
Cincinnati 20000 1 033—7 10 3
Bt. Louis 1020(0001— i> i 3
Batteries—Flatter and Murphy; Hawlfy
and Twlntbam.
Savannah, Aug. 11.—The Dlspatohof
this city prints soms now matters
about tbs sudden disappearance of Col.
Charles It. Otmstoad. This Is what It
says:
line peculiar and ynnhlen disappear
ance of Col. Charles 11. Olmstead fell
like it thunderclap upon hls many,
friends. f
'It stems, however, that hls connec
tion with the Chatham Bank and the
Georgia State Building Association
were perfectly straight: and .1 n'rxaml-
nallon of fils books by the directors, (t
Is said, beitrs out the assertion.
There was considerable uneasiness,
though, until the film had been reliably,
and undlsputtibly esial>tlnhed after
Col. Olmstead’s accounts were gono
over and pronounced correct in every,
respect. > M: I
Coi. Olmstead was administrator on
aeveral largo estates here and it la now
believed, nnd the belief la growing
atrongor each hour as fuots are brought
to light, that the uaaeia of estates h.ivu
been used 'by Got. Olmstosd for his
own personal benefit. j
THE 11RYAN ESTATE.
In June, 1882, by request of several
friends and relative* Col. Olmstead
was apolnted administrator on the es
tate of Florence Bryan, who Is tin In
mate of the statu insane asylum, hav
ing bosh sent there years ago. Thin
estate Is a very large and valuable one.
Besides other property of consideraT.e
value, bonds aggregating -nearly 335,01)0
were in Col. Oanzoead's charge. They,
wore as follows: ,
City bonds, 30,800; Aitlantlo nnd Gulf
railroad bonds, 31,000; »tnto of Georgia.
4 1-2 per cent, bonds, 33,000; seventy-
nine allures Central railroad slock,
fourtvon shares •Southwestern stock.
■According to the report (Hod In tho
court of the ordinary on 'May 15 then*
was tl cash balance of 3384.34 In tho
hands of the administrator. No report:
of tho disposition ot these bonds, 1C
they wero disposed of, or used In any,
other tvuy, either for the estate or thu
administrator, was -(hade In the report..
Col. Olr.istead’H bond was 360,000, anti
hls sureties were Messrs. Joseph Deed"
and H. M.- Brigham. Col. Ointment*
Also auccoedoxl Joiioph D. Wood a* ad-
mtnlttretor on the Henry Brlghnm es
tate; >tl t' 1'tLlI
lLtnCOT BRIGHAM’S D3TATE.
TltO Henry Brigham estate was on®
ot tho largest ever given An chnrge 10
an administrator. In this county. Tho
bund waa 3500.000. Col. Olmstead, who
was personally preferred as an admin
istrator by most of the Brighams, had
the following parties us •urcttestMrs.,
M. C. HrlghanOfc. DarqfiL W. Brigham,
Nannie «. Urlgnsm, Henry D. Cr.g-
ham, Henry II. Ilrigham, H. R. JncK-
aon It. D. Walker and others. A divi
sion ot the estate was msa# aomo yearn
ago and nil of tho heirs were given an
equal share, hut the little odds and
•unis have nevor been Htfttltu.
The youngest of me Brlgnums, liar-
cot. was sent to school til the North!
and Col. Olmstcnd appotlted guhrdlutl
of Ills estate. Ills bond was 3110.000,
.Iho surti-l.-s b Ing W. 8. Brlglum. N in
ulo O. Brlghtim and lleury It. Jncksoh.
Here ore the bonds that worn In ht*
noraetdon ns gu.irdtan : Georgia /filtlto
bonds, 38,000; (i tliiesvlllo. Jefferson nnd
Bouthern mllwny, 33,000; Columbus and
Rome,3 1.000: ante of Georgia, 4 per
cent., $2,000; Augusta and Knoxville,
310, rtf’.
MINERS ENTOMBED.
WHAT WILL HE WAVE 7
According to the last report made,
Juno 30, 1833, there waa it holantre oil
Utr.d of $1,027.79. There Is no record an
ito wtufclie or not* Col. Olmstcxd held
power «l attorney from tho Brighams;
ut l.’-ud, there is non- In tile (Uporior
court or court of ordinary, f he hud
that power, time" who claim to b? well
Informed ray that tlto bonds hive been
disposed of. It ho did not ht/.d power
of jUuiii: y, ll .llm ''i i' !'•>
usurp*vl 11. the js-sumptlun being thnt
he did «e> to use the collaterals lit specu
lation. >
Ilarcott Brigham will he 21 yaara of
age tomorrow. - It Is admitted that C»l.
Olnmte-dd knew hhis, nml rather than
stay h* rc find fiioo hls ward, who
would come to him to rewire what ho .
thought ought to bo a large nnd hand
some start on life’s Journey, be pre
ferred to lggrtr. as dr-re laid btv*n no
rejsirt made on the estate for over a
year.
Tile question Win* Is Interesting Just
i.otv la, how much money. If uny, will
H.treat Brigham rwlva o* Ills part ot
the Henry Brgham eatone 7
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Rome. Aug. 11.—(Hpcolnl.l—'IVwlnc*-
duy Mr. John Perkins, sou or Copt.
John Perkins, happeoad to n very se
rious and painful accident while* ramp
ing out on tlic river Just above Rome.
While looking down th** river Mr. Per-
kina aaw n dock of tlueks light-Just be
low bt* lent. In hls haste tm nm to
get Ills gulf, Which wns heavily loaded
with buckshot, nnd. by route moans,
llm hammer of one of flit* barren
caught lu the rack, causing Hie gna to
go off prematurely. The entire load
lodged In hls right xtyta Just below tlio
elbow, tearing thyriiiombcr into shreds.
Mr. ITrkhis Jtes nt once brought to
the city It ad Jfi was foutul necessary to
amuptate Id/arm.
FLORIDA'S FIRST BALE.
Jscksonvl/-. Aug. ll.Tlis flrar bale ■ f
season cri/> in Florida was si,*I at Tails,
set-. It -was classed ss middling quo
weighed 630 pounds, ami was bought by
Levy Brothers at 113; cents per pound.!
It wss raised by Mr. Osborne Pride.
BOLL WORMS IN TUNAS.
West. T.-x„ Aug. 11. —noli worms a'*
deetruylnR cotton at ah alarming rate.
Plantation* of from 20 to ZOO acres ar«
•tiii'i**) of all the boll**
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