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THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
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Telegraph PubllibiniCOH l*«blUh«r.
MACON. GA. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1894.
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Great Crowds of People Con
tinue to FM to
tlie Fair.
EVERYTHING IN FULL BLAST
The Big Exposition Conceded by Every
Attendant to Be as Great
xis Ever.
MACON DAY THE BIGGEST OP AtL
Personal Appeal to Every Macon Citizen
by the executive Committee of the
Exposition Compaujr—Let All
the People <3o Down*
If there was any one who doubted
that the Dixie Fair would bo as Hood
this week ns last, they had abundant
reason to change their minds yester
day.
It was the flame great, big fair yes
terday as it was last week, except that
everything hnjl been brushed up, the
exhibits rearranged aud tlie entire fair
started off fresh and new.
The attendance was also satisfac
tory, although It was conceded that the
. crowd was not as largo as it will bo
tomorrow, aud, perhaps, not so kugo
ns today’s crowd will ho.
Every one is counting on Wednesday
. for the greatest day of the fair, and
many predict that the attendance on
Wednesday will b£ twice os largo as
on any previous day. It is Macon Day
and only enough people to watch the
stores and homes should rcmoln away
from the fair grounds tomorrow. The
attendance should not he less than SO,-
000, and it would bo the right thing for
Macon to give the fair that size crowd
all by herself.
A good deal Is said at different times
about patrlotlo pride and such, but to
morrow Is the time and the Dixie Fair
the place for every patriotic citizen of
Macon to show his town pride In the
right sort of way. The Dixie Fair has
cost a lot money—more money than
was possible to get out of a fair during
such hard times. But Macon is noth
ing if not liberal, and she decided not
to let hard times. Interfere" with her
giving the people of D'Xtlo the best fair
ever held In the South. She Ids done
It, and the effort has cost her some
thing. It now remains for tlio public,
and especially the Macon public, to
make up whatever deficiency there
may be in the receipts. A. big crowd
tomorrow will do this—It should be
every Macon man’s boast tomorrow to
say: “I have paid for a ticket to the
Dixie Fair today.”
It has been suggested to the direc
tors that they call In every compli
mentary ticket tomorrow, giving up
even their own tickets, charging tho
president, secretary and executive com'
mlttee BO cents each to get In, and
appealing solely to city pride to stand
by the managers In their effort to make
the biggest fair ever held In the South
pay expenses. Tho directors have
been loth to do this, hu: hundreds of
people who hold comp'lmentarles them
selves have suggested It and say they
are willing to buy just as many tickets
ns anybody else. They hold that Ma
con cannot afford to make a financial
failure of bucU a great show, and. they
want to see a good many thousands
takenrlu at the gates tomorrow.
EVERYBODY SHOULD CLOSE.
One of tho main efforts Is to have
every business house la the city close
tomorrow and to Induce the people to
observe the day as a general holiday.
This in itself would practically insure
the financial success of tho fair, for
then everybody could attend and every
body would attend; for a man would
feet lonesome walking the deserted
streets of the city atid would rush to
the park to get in a crowd.
• The effort Is to Jtavo everything
closed tight as a drum tomorrow. Tho
committees having this work in charge
say the closing movement will be gen
eral, and ihey are meeting with great
encouragement on tills line. Stores,
shops, offices and everything that Is
possible to close will take a flay off
and sec'tbe great fa.r. It may be a
long time before such another fair Is
seen In Georgia, and the more one sees
of the Dixie Fair the more does ho
learn of the resources of bis own state.
’ AN OPEN LETTER.
To the Macon Public: We beg here
by to officially announce that Wednes
day, November 7. is Macon day at the
Dixie Interstate Fair.
It Is the last day but one of the
grandest exposition ever held in the
erutc of Georgia and one of the best
, -.vi h.-Stj, in the South.
TVe cap say this wtrbout fear of the
charge of egotism. This great fair has
not been any private undertaking from
which any one Individual more than
another could, on account of his con
nection with the exposition, derive *ny
particular benefit. The credit for this
exposition belongs to tbe whole people
of Macon. It Is a Macon undertaking
and Macon, her publlc'splrlt thorough
ly aroused, should feel a great sense
of pride in the result of nine months'
preparation for this exposition.
Tr.e directors of the luifeTff Exposi
tion Company point to tho grand object
lesson of the resources of our great
Empire .Stale that has been and now
is apreid out in the building at our
exroshion_grounds.
O'er 12.000 feet of space la covered
with displays which for variety nnd
magi licence t-mnot Co eualled by anqy
sis' • m tin- Union.
The Immense urea Set apart for ex
pos.tkxn purposes is literally covered
with exhibits or attractions that have
com* from twenty states to take part
in what is acknowledged to be the
great axposttion of tile South for 1S91.
The varied attractions and the detail
of this exposition requires more space
than can be given to tell, but wc must
dtvsw your actetton to another feature
Uf this great undertaking.
Notwithstanding the most economical
management, the expense of this expo
sition has 'been unusually heavy. The
full amount of stock at first subscribed
to the com [Ail y has not been paid in
and we (ear never will be paid. The
attendance he* been wonderfully good
considering the hard times, and in a
general way Che paitronage nat been
what unler the c.frcumstantes might
have been expected
But it Is nevertheless n fact that un
less the people orf Macon ar * prepare 1
to Rhow their patriotism, their enter
prise and their appreciation of die
great work Chat has bean done for t ill
city through the Dixie interstate Pair,
nunclal failure must' result and the di
rectors will find themselves pressed
with obligations they ore unable to
fulfill.
It would be unfair; it would even be
omali and mean—it would be a serious
reflection upon Macon if her peoplo
now, after all the credit has been reap
ed by them, should throw the burden
upon the directors, wlio have done
their work freely and without hope of
reward—save tbe general good.
The people of Macon can by .unani
mous consent place 'the Maoon Exposi
tion Company on a good financial foot
ing. If ‘the people of -Macon will on
Macon day turn out and attend ate
Dixie Interstate Fair they can now at
the last-moment Insure success, finan
cial and in every respect, and so crown
the efforts of -those who liave sought
to help thetr city wltll hour alnd credit.
Will you do It? We think you will.
Mn.con does not fail In matters of this
kind. It is merely an Indorsement of
our efforts and only a mark of appre
ciation of an exposition concerning
whloh there has been but one opinion.
We call upon the citizens of Macon
to make this Macon's day tlhe greatest
of 'them all.
We call upon the merchants to give
a half holiday to their employes on
"Macon Day."
We call upon every good citizen to
help us. and we look with confidence
to Macon 8 Day tfor our success.
The free list will foe suspended on
Macons Day. All Macon people hold
ing complimentary tickets are hereby
notified that no complimentary tickets
will be honored. Tie officials of the
exposition. The officials of the exposi
tion and their families not excepted.
Remember, absolutely no free Hat ex
cept to exhibitors and helpers.
A special and most attractive pro
gramme has been arranged for Ma
con Jy&y.”
None of the exhibits will be removed.
Everything will be kept Intact, with
a full llnd of attractions.
People of Macon, the eyes of all
Georgia' are upon you. By .this publi
cation we throw the responsibility on
your shoulders.
A large attendance on Macon's Day
Insures ithe financial success of the
grebt Dixie Interstate Fair.
Inertlon, lack of public spirit, of pa
triotism* of enterprise an of apprecia
tion of work done !n your behalf will
be shown by a small attendance.
Tickets will be placed on sale today
and If you cannot possibly go to the
grounds buy a (ticket, anyhow.
The issue is with vou: decide it on
Macon's Day. jmd let us hope that no
one connected with this enterprise will
regret- ever having undertaken It.
V«ry (truly yours.
.H. Horne. Sam Altmayer. N. M
Block. T. J. (Carling. G. B. Day. A.
Rr Freeman.' C. D.' Findlay,**©. G.
Hughes, M. Happ. R. A. Nlsbet. M.
Davis. W. W: W. Collins. J. N. Neel.
Clem'Phillips, S. B. Price, W. G. F.
Price, R. E. Park. B. W. Sperry. W.
C. Turpin, J. Van. E. E. Winters. W.
O. Wadley. R. S. Collins. E. D. Ir
vine. A. C. Knapp, directors Macon
Exposition Company.
Beglnnlngwi th this evening the price
of ladlmlsslon to the tMr grounds after
6 p. m. -will be 25 cents. This places
the price of admission within it he reach
of all. and as the fair is in full blast
ait night those who cannot attend In
the day can do so at night,
EVERYTHING iN FULfc BLAST.
Tltere was not a prize pumpkin, nor
a (lancing hall, nor an agricultural ex
hibit, nor a side -Jhow out of place yes
terday. Everything was there,’ and
those who went had a better oppor
tunity than ever to see and examine
the many interesting aud attractive
things to be seen.
All of ithe- special attractions, such
as the Midway, Phlllion, Professor
Granada and the De Comas, did.their
usual turns and the crowds at every
performance were large. Pompeii drew
several thousand people last night and
the day wound up just as big a success
In every respect as any previous day
of the big fair.
BEGINNING TO REALIZE IT,
Visitors to (the fair seem to be Just
beginning to realize what a wonderful
exhibit la to be seen In the poultry
department, and this department was
crowded, throughout the day.
Ten. thousand) chickens, pigeons,
geese, ducks and guineas Is (Something
to think over in one chicken show, but
just that many fancy birds are on ex
hibition at the Dixie Fair.
If there is any department in the
big fair In which Secretary Knapp has
been more Interested than another it
has been the poultry department, and
he has done some remarkable work as
one of the heads of this department.
He started out months ago to make It
the biggest chicken chow ever seen In
the South and he made It the greatest
ever seen Jo the whole United States,
outside of Madison Square Garden.
Chicken me all agree that !t is the
best chicken show ever held In the
country, and even they are surprised
at Its magnitude. Secretary Knapp <s
himself a dhlckeo fancier of long ex
perience and has a strong love for the
business. For several years his hobby
for all men have their hobbles) has
been his celebrated White Wyandotte
chickens. It hag been a work of love
with him, and by giving it his best
efforts he has been abble to breed the
finest Wyandotte fowls to be found in
America. At (the outset MaJ.Knapp
entered ten or fifteen coops of his
ohoicest birds. It Is gratifying to note
that his Interest, ki the poultry show
In general, and In White Wyandottes
In particular, has been rewarded by
the Judges awarding him eleven of the
first premiums out of a possible six-
teeen. he having taken ten premiums
out of fifteen on variety and the only
class premium offered. The genial
secretary oflfie association was feeling
good yesterday when the Judges tied
the blue ribbons on his net fowls.
THE U/GRICtTL/TURAL. EXHIBITS.
Those who have failed to spend at
least a half day In the agricultural de
partment of the fair have missed a
great treat. No fair ever held frn the
South ever (Showed nearly so many
magnificent agricultural exhibits. They
xe all wonders to behold, and are~too
xtenslve and grand to specify in de
tail. It Is the remark of every one In
terested In agriculture that they n«*ver
knew before that Georgia really U
such a graat agricultural state.
The exhibit made by Mr. Bass alone
a whole agricultural fair In itself.
In It Is shown everything that a man
could want to eat or drink or wear,
nd all made on one man’s farm. Mr.
Bass started after the war with a
one-thorse farm and In debt end now
SEVEN H FIRES,
Almost Simultaneous Conflagrations
at Savannah During
Yesterday.
NO ACCOUNTING EOR THE ORIGIN
tComkvued on puce 1)
Loagihortmca Cannot Reasonably Bo
SnijnoUd and SHU ft la Hard to
Hit Upon tho Origin of tho
Blames— Mach Damago,
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 0.—At 0:30
o’clock this morning flro was discov
ered in. the hold of the cotton steamer
Sbidby at the Central compress wharf.
The fire was In bold No. 3, In which
there were about 3.200 bales of cotton.
The Skldby had about 10,000 bales
aboard. She had about concluded load
ing and would have cleared tomorrow.
Tbe fire had gained omsldcrablo head
way when discovered, and at this writ
ing is still burning.
At 8:15 o'clock it was discovered tbat
there was flro In tho cotton of the held
of the steamer Baltimore City at the
Gordon press wharf, about a mile away
from the scene of the fire on tho Skid-
by. Alongside of tho Baltimore City
lay the steamer Cnstlegarth, and a few
minutes after the discovery that the
former’s cotton was afire, u fire was
discovered la the fore peak of tho Cts-
tlegarth, in which coinparluicut there
were about 100 bales of cotton and tho
seamen’s clothes.
The fire on tho Baltimore.City was
but small and was soon put .Hit. On
the Castlegarth it was i.iooa obstinate
and was not extinguished uuill tno
sailors’ clothes had ueeu burned aud
all the cotton in tho "compartment more
or lees damaged.
About an hour after the discovery of
the fire on the Baltimore City an alarm
of fire' was given from the steamer
8tag, also loading ot Gordon’s wharf
along with the Baltimore City and the
Castlegarth. This fire proved to ho
tho most obstinate of the three at the
Uordon ivharf, and it is still burning
us this Is being written. The Stag hail
on a largo proportion of her cargo.
Almost 400 bales have been taken
from her hold and the holds of Bio
Baltimore City and Castlegarth and put
.on lighters.
About the time that tlie Stng was
reported afire at Gordons wharf, fire
broke out In the liotd ot the steamei
Delgavth at the Central press ivharf,
near tbe Skldby, where the first lire
occurred, and in a few minutes the
steamer Petunia, also at the Central
press wharf, was .reported, afire in her
cotton. . • - •. . j
The three ships afire »t tills wharf
were not over dOO yards apart. Ti.o
three other ships afire were a m.lo
away at tho outer edge of the city. The
fire.on tho'Pctunla was easily otln-
gulshed. Tho Delgarth’s fire was ex
tinguished when about 303 bales had
been damaged.
All of tho fires nre now out except
those on the -Slag and the Skldty. Tlie
loss, as fur us can bo estimated at this
time, Is about $D0,Od0. The ships spd
the cargoes are covered by iusuraice.
As to the origin of the fires there is
no nutisfuctory explanation. In tho
case of the Stag, a pwMiuorcHce'it glow
was seen In her hold a tew minutes be
fore tho fire broke out, and it Is sur
mised that tho Stag's fire originated
In this glow. There has recently been
trouble among tho longshoremen In
this city, but there Is ttoue now. Last
spring the union longshoremen went
out ou a strike, but recently a great
many of the strikers have returned to
stork at the rates at which the non
union men were working.
12:03 a. m.—Flro lias Just broken out
In the steamship Armenia at tho Cen
tral railroad wharf, making seven ves
sels now on tho list
The fire on tho Armenia was slight
and was soon extinguished. All the
fires are now extinguished except that
on tho Skldby, which Is under complete
control. No estimate of the loss U
yet obtainable.
TWO CHILDREN MURDERED.
Introduction of Bills Was the Onlj
Business Transacted at the
Capitol.
MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES.
Th* Com lot Li«8»i th* Election HZattor,
tbe Publlo Schools Sttd Savorsl
Ottasr Bis <tu««tlookt Woe*
locladed In tho List*
Horrible Crime Reported! From tin
Ohio Town.
Toledo, Oo., Nov. 5.—A Blade special
from Paulding, 6., reports tho horrible
murder of a boy, aged 7, and It's sister,
aged 0, tlie children ot datuuel Good,
a prosperous farmer living about two
miles from the town. The children
started out yesterday to visit a neigh
bor, but uot roturn.ng at dark, search
ing parties started out. The little
bodies were found in a brush heap at
daylight. Tito boy's throat was cut
from car to ear; the girl was decapi
tated and disemboweled, the weapon
being all axe. An attempt bad been
made to burn tho brush Tcap out it
was too wet. It Is thought the girl
was outraged and tlie double murder
committed to hide the crime. The
country 1* up In arms and armed ntea
arc searching everywhere for any sus
picious persons.
FAMILY WITH SMALL-POX.
They Lived In the Country and Had
No Assistance.
Milwaukee, "Wf*., Nov. 5.—A visitor
from the country reported three chil
dren dead and four others, heMd-'a their
mother, very sfdk with small pox 111 the
lonely farm house of Fred Kubrji, four
miles from Nules Corner, this countv.
ICusch’s neighbors refused to go near
him, so he haa nursed Ills family as
best be could for eight days past.
Though up day aud night with the
living, he hOH had no time to bury the
de.d, and the three bodies were found
partially deepm****."! tying where they
died. The state hoard or health will
give Kusoh, who has not slept for live
days, immediate relief.
KILLED ON A DUMMY ROAD.
Pc-nsscola, Fla,, Nov. 3.—Mrs. Con
way, a white woman, was run over
and lnstahtly killed by a train on tho
dummy line thia evening. The conduc
tor and engineer have been at rested,
as It Is thought that her death was
caused by their negligence. She was
at one t.me quite wealthy, aud some
of the most prominent people of this
city are related to her.
Atlanta, Nov. 5.—(Special.)—Both
branches of tho legislature adjourned
over uutll 3:30 o’clock tomorrow after
noon in order to allow sucU members
as desired to go home for tho congres
sional elections, after hold,tig but a
.short session today.
The session did nothing at all of con
sequence, but tho aouso received sev
eral new bills that are destined to cut
tf very prominent figure lu the proceed
ings of the present general assembly,
Ono of theso bills, which was handed
In by Mr. Hodges of Bibb county, pro
vides for the calling of a constitutional
convention some time next year. Tho
fact that the present constitution,
adopted seventeen years ngo, Is In
many important respects seriously be
hind the times Is very generally admit
ted. And yet It Is almost next to im
possible to secure tlie adoption by tho
peoplo of needed amendments. A con
spicuous case lu point was tho propped
Increase in tho number of supremo
court Judges. In many other respects
as well the constitution Is uot lu ac
cord with tho progress of tho state, and
many of the best men agree that a con
stitutional convention ought to bo pro
vided for without any further deity.,
Mr. Hodges’ bjll authorizes tho gov
ernor to call an eUorloa for delegates
to tho convention as soon as tho act
shall have been passed. Much county
is to hnvo tho same number of Uelo-
gates In the convention ns It has mem
bers In tho house of representatives
and each congressional district Is to
havo a representative.
THE CONVICT QUESTION.
Another very important question
placed In tho hands of tho house today
was the employment ot the state’s con
victs at tho expiration of the present
lease. The leaso does not run out until
after tho present general assembly dis
solves and tile solution tf tho problem
may btf left to tho next legislature, but
at the samo time the present assembly
w-,11 set the Irall'Ttr-mwtlonvwnd-pt’oh-
nbly furnish a complete solution of tho
problem. Tho question df wlint shall
Be done with the convicts Is a serious
problem. Publlo sentiment is against
a renewal of tho lease contract, hut
already opposition to working them on
tho publlo works has develop ;d to n
considerable extent, and other grave
difficulties In the way ot such a ays
tem havo arisen. If the convicts can
not be worked on the public works,
with all the peculiar conditions that ex
ist Jn Georgia, tho man who fbrnlshea
a plan thdt-.wlll bo acceptable will bo
accorded tho distinction of ' being a
mighty statesman In the land.
Mr. HuuBton of DeKalb bring* forth
(he first plan, Which la to put tho con
victs on a big (arm of not lass than
4,000 nor more than 10,000 acre*, where
they shall be occupied in raising sea
Island cottona nd such other stanles as
will afford least competition to free
labor. His bill provides for tho appro-
priation of 1125,000 to purchase (ho
farm, and makes tho governor and at
torney general, with live members of
the legislature, a board to conduct tho
purchase.
Mr. Rennet of Wavne has a bill,
whloh he presented today, providing
that tho oonvlois he put to work on
tho public road*. Each senatorial ills-'
trlct to be a division, with a farm
somewhere in it where female* and
others not capable of road work are
.o be employed. Each county In the
district is to have a representative on
the district commission, nppolnted at
the recommendation of the grand Jury
by the court, and this board is to em
ploy an overseer, who shall be an en
gineer.
Both bills have been sent do th*
penitentiary committee. They will
doubtless be Joined by more before the
session Is over.
In connection with the agitation, of
the convict lease system it may bo
said that this question will probably
be one of the leading features of Gov
ernor Atkinson’s administration. It Is
understood that hl» Idea Is to put tho
penitentiary denartment In the hands
nf a man who will give such study 10
the question that be will be able to
present some good plan to supplant
the lease system by the time the gov
ernor Is ready to enter upon his secomd
term, when the question will havo to
be settled.
THE OLD BONDS.
JThe Have* and Bco!t bonds that have
occupied every legislature for twenty
years past were presented to the as
sembly on schedule time by Hodges
of Btbb today. He Introduced the time-
honored trill authorizing their payment.
Last «i s«lon the bill oassed the house,
but the seriate made amcndmenls
which tied it up. The struggle over
the payment of the bonds last session
was particularly Interesting on account
of Che point made by Governor Atkin
son, who -was then speaker. Ho took
the floor and created something of a
flutter by declaring that the state
should not and could not be made to
pay Interest on any past Indebtetfaess,
Should this legislature vote to pay ibo
Interest, with his views of the case
Governor Atkinson would be likely to
take out hie vetoing instrument.
The house todiy passed the Joint
ren-dutlon by Mr. Wright of Floyd,
and Messrs. Wright. Harrell, Howell,
Worley and Traylor were appointed
on a committee to report a. bill having
for Its purpose the consolidation of
elections. On the seme line Mr. Red
ding of Pike has introduced a bill pro
viding for a uniform registration law
throughout the stale.
Another old frierui with a new face
mode bk, ftpDc.ir.mee in the bouse to
day, In the shape of" a bill for the ap-
polntment of a board of medical exam*
ers. by Ft.uehe of Floyd. The doctors
have had their rows over such a bill as
thin every legteljture for yearn plot.
Mr.. Fouehe pnoposrn to settle the dler
tsjte by having throe boards of thrro
members each, fine board to be homoe
opathic. another allopathic and the
third eclectic gtaduntois of the different
scobolu being required to pace nvunter at
the hands of their rettuevtive boards.
Mr. McCarthy of DeKalb Ibduy intro
duced u bill whloh if it becomes a law
will work a greott change in- the public
sohol system of the ids to. It takes from
the county school commissioner the
right to designate the textbooks used
and placets in <tihe bonds of She etate
sohbol comimlastoner '.lie duty of pre
scribing 'textbooks for the entire static.
It Is claimed that tthe change would se
cure uniformity of textbooks and do
away with other evils of the present
system.
ATLANTA IS SHOCKED.
The Bill Board Pictures Too Muoh for
ithe People There.
Atlanta. Nov. 5.—(Speeistl.—A wave
of virtuous indignation has struck At
lanta. All the ladles afternoon Bocfe-
lies and e'derty getutlenveu of highly
moral proclivities are up in arms, not to
mention being down on legs, at the high
urt show hi-tin. First It was the pic
ture ot a pretily little girl In blue tights,
Posted 'by the "Black Sheep" companty,
that offended. It was generally de
nounced by the ladles' societies and
some of tho church ipeopla. The more
tihe PioturcH wore discussed the more
threatening was the aspect of the ntnrm
cloud raised by tho W. C. T. U. ladles.
As a 'rule, 'the men didn't take ithe cose
seriously, and there were na tangible
rCHUlta until yesterday, Wheni Martin
Dooly, the then.!or bill poster, was
plocol under orroBt to displaying o
"'aland of Lillian Lewis' "Cleopatra.”
The -ploture -reproserjte the figures of An
tony and Cleopatra. It is fair to pre
sumo that the nuked facia of history
were slighted by the artist when he de
vised the costume worn by Cleopatra
as she appeared In the objectionable
ploture. Tho noble Antony was not
overdrensed either. Blil-potstcr Dooly
soon perceived his mistake after put
ting alp ithe bills, and soon had a squad
of men nit work canceling the beauties
ot the Egyptian beuuity by plastering
her with date sheets.
But even this did not satisfy, nnd
Dooly waa arraigned in the police court
for his offense. The Indies were not pre
pared, however, nnd the case goes over
until Inter in the week. Just what tho
oruaade againtii 'the naughty'bill boards
will result in la difficult .to predict.
The only effect so far hue been to
puck the house iwhcnaver one of the
proscribed attractions has a date.
Today Bill-power Dooly had postern
to put un for a burlesque. He submit
ted tho pictures to.the censorship of the
police, who IlnnJIy allowed him to pro
ceed, on condition that the todies In the
pictures should have their shapely fig
ures covered up with the date sheets,
beneath which CleoDAtra Is now found
on every dead wall in town.
A ballot In bloomers will probably be
next.
FBEEDMElf'S AID SOCIETY.
Meeting of tbo "General Committee Held
In Now York.
New York, "Nor. 5.—-Tho general com-
mlttco of tlie" Frecdmen's Aid and Ed
ucational Society of tho Methodist
Episcopal church began its annual ses
sion in the auditorium of the Methodist
hook concern,.Fifth avenue and Twen
ty-first street, today. Owing to tho
clock la the Will having been put back,
tbo meeting was half au hour lute in
pssembHn*. —-
Bishop it. E. Poster of Boston pre
sided and Itevs. J. "W. Ilaimltou ot Bos
ton, <J. B. Mason of Atlantt. ami J. C.
Hurtzel, formerly Of New Orleans but
now of Clucluuatl, acted as secretaries.
Delegates, both lay aud Metical, were
present from all parts of tho country.
Among tho blaliops were Isaac W.
Juice of Cltathiuooga, O. J. Fowler
of Minneapolis, Thomas Bowtnau of
St. Louis, R, B. Foster of Boston, S'e-
plteu M. Merrill of Chicago, E. 8. An
drews of New York, Ileury W. War-
rcu'of Denver, 0. "W. Foss ot l’hl’/.dil
plitn, J. M. Walden ot Uluolnn'tl, ,W,
F. Mallallcu of Buffalo, J. H. Vlnerei
of Topeka, aud James Fitzgerald of
New crleans. ,
Treasurer Canston read tho annual
report, which showed that the society
was*$2(w,tXK> lu debt aud, ,,s Hie re
ceipts -were but $100,000 las year, ow
ing to Hard limes, lie said tliat It was
decided not to make, as usual, uny ap
peal for a specified amount to carry on
tho work at the society during 1803
aud 1800, but to .tsk for tho appoint
ment of a special committee of scion
to consider this subject la detail mid
they report to tho general committee.
Tills as a rcsolutlou ivus amended so as
to make the^number nlue„ and that
the -treasurer and the assistant treasu
rer bo lidded to tho committee as mem
ber* cx-olllclo. This ,vas unanimously
carried.
The object of the Meeting, which
lasts two days, Is to *oviow tlie work
dono during tlio last year uml t.> no-
vldo means to continue tlio work. Tlio
society has uuder Its supervision forty-
six Institutions of learning, 348 tench-
elk and 2,523 scholars.
Immediately after adjournment, the
Methodist Episcopal pastor* convened
with Roy. Dr. llnlmer of St. J’nul's
church. New York, lu the chair, llev.
J. Lawrenco acted as secretary, bhort
addresses were made by Ulaiiop An
drews of New York, Bishop Weldon
of Cincinnati, Bishop Joyce of Chatta
nooga and Dr* Ilartzell 'and M, G. Ma
son of Atlanta.
ASKED TO BE RETIRED.
Cant. O’Toole Wo
ftgfiu
, Under Very Dam-
Charges.
Row Yesterday Went by in
tlie Great Political
World.
RILL’S CAMPAIGN CLOSED
He Felt Rnre Thai There Would Be
a Victory for the Democrats
on Tuesday;
THE BETTING IS ON MORTON.
Th*RepKbiaun lU*n»gora Claiming th*
Dlgfioat Sort of a Victory AU Over
<h* Cezulry’, bait Kvideatljr
%V1Mi*m& Foundation.
New York. Nov fc~iAfcttnff Captain
William O’Toole of Leonard street »ia-
tijn, why wa» .icoiwed t>"fore the Lcxow
committee on Saturday ot fcikln#c *>rlbea
while he won In charge of the iiwex
marked court squad, has asked to
retired from tho police department. Ho
filed hla application for rcth-emon/t with
the pol-ice cominKdonera l.ute oh Satur
day afternoon, aflter Dr. Whlteheud had
aiven hk* testimony, which incriminated
O’Toole, a* well a* jotteoUve Sen*eam
Murphy of the central office. The fact
thuttthc acting capuln had put in hl«
application fvr njtlrcmrenrt. wsm kept se
cret until today, when the Information
leaked out oil (police bea/fcjuarters. (Much
aurpriri" wjm manifested by the central
officials <it Semearvt O'Torie's action.
Dr. Newton Whtu-head. the Lexow wit*
nc«i who teettflsd that he ha<fo paid
money to O’Toole on several occnalona
when he (Whitehead) was arrested on
charges of ina'.prmctloe. He rvwore that
on ono occa^I^n he gave him $200.
O’T-jole's application for retirement will
come up before <110 -beard at k'J* next
meeting. It Is not likely, however, thin
the commissioners will retire him be
fore the charge* are Jmvwtlgntcd, It is
more than likely that O’Toole, a« well
Frink and •Murphy, will be placed
on (tria4 before the commJoutonert.
Kx*Wai>lmen Glennon, Hurra* a id
HnVAh 19urne«lered themwelvt* at the <L*-
trict attorney’s office am! were taken
before Judge FUzgtnUd, In general eee-
Hbsrm court, thin afternoon. Bail was
fixed at $5,000.
Now York, Nov. 6.—The work at th«
suite headquarters of both parties has
beeu finished and today wae practically
devoted to moving out. Nearly all of
the loaders have departed for their
homes to vote. Chairmen Thatcher tied
iiuckett were still iui town thW after
noon, but the former left tonight for
Albany, where he voles 'tomorrow. Mr,
liuckeu 1pu» paired with a Democrat
aud will remain In town over election
toy. i l • • 4
ihuir-niun Thatcher today gave out
the following: resume of tho campaJgu;
“1 .think l c&u truthfully say. that no
political party ever started upoai a
campaign in such a bad phapo as we
did. The opening odds weve bitterly
opposed to us. but now I think we have
overcome all of them. 1( has been a
clean and decent tattle. The Repub
licans relied entirety upon tne tenden
cy Of sheep lo fotiuw ofceep. Beoduso
tnero .were large RepubIlo.ua victories
in jvliijne, Vermont and elsewhere they,
natutully assumed ttiut there would
also be a UepuoilpQn victory in tiain
state. X think they or*) wrong.
"We have found that the passion for
tho Democratic party is virongor than
any prejudice, xne outcome, uowever,
dupeuds ctKirely upon*me city of New
York. Morton will certainly come down
to tne bridge with a majority greater
uuu 40,uo0. (Senator UUt should havo
no difficulty in overcoming that south
of the Harlem. Taking tne last twenty;
years an experience. It lam been
shown tuat tho regular Democratic vote
in this city is about t>2 1-2 per cent, of
the total.
"Allowing for a slight deersA&e in tbia
Senator Hill should ,ln thus city alone,
have a majority oa. over eo.ooo. in
Kings county we look lor him w> have
at 'least 10,000. Richmond county, !
•think, we will carry by l.OOo to 1.200.
l(»Jg doubtful. . However, the majority
against us there, If we' lose, will toe but
slight.
senator HUl, s-lnco the be/mnittg of
tile campaign, has 'talked ’to over 160,000
propie, winch witfl certainly operate in
his favor. If we lose the battle It may
be «uid of the Democrato party, a« jc'
was said of tho JJiole of n certain old
woman: ‘She hud dono wih&i she
couid.’ We have certainly mode every
effort and I think wo will win. Ism
not In the least worried over tlio bet
ting odds offered against Mr. HUl, be
cause 'tho 'bewt clement of mien, who
lw.v© the best intellect, do not go Into
betting.
"As a general rule bettors are car*
ried away by what they conceive to
be >the atmosphere of the day, I Biq
confident (that wo will win."
REPUBLICAN GUESSING.
Republicans at headquarters In the
Fifth Avenue hotel 'this morning fig
ured that Morton and Bax ton 'would
have a plurality of from 40,000 to CO,000.
Chairman HaekeCt, whw hu* hitherto
not been doing much gueming, places
Uls estimate for Morton at JO,000 in tbe
state. He would not rWc his reputa
tion by making any guess about tho
vote In this city or In Kings county.
Others at Republican headquarters
gave it as thdi' opinion that Aim’s plu
rality In New York county would not
be over 42,000 nnd lu Kings county it
would bo only 4,000 at tho most.
THE UPTOWN BETTING.
The big betting at the uptown hotels,
which hue been or feature ot every
campaign, has begun nt lust. Up to
kwt Saturday night but few Wts of any
coiwulerablo size had been made out
side of the stock exchange circle, but
since then all thia has been changed
and thousands or dollars have been put
up at the ho»(els on the result In the
slate mid city.
The excitement began with the on-
pearance on the scene of Joe Vendig,
betting commlsftloner for the Dwyer
Brothers, George Wheelosk and oirur*
well known bookmakers. Ve/ujig had
about $40,000 which he wished to bet,
iwid lie has thus far succeeded in get
ting a good portion of thU money cov
ered. Tlio bets were made at odds ot
five to two on Morton for the most
part. These odds prevailed In nearly
all of the largo beta made.
E* MariMegon bet $12,500 to Veudlg'a
$6,000, and J. Wtescott of B’JAton bet
$20,000 to $8,000 with Vendig. The lat
ter made n. number of smaller beta at
the 8t. James and the Utlttgr house.
Vendig tonight wants $50 to $7 for his
money.
Soi Dichtenuteln bet $800 to $2,000
with "Butch" Thomwjon. and Tobe
Wallace bet $8,600 on Morton at odds
of 6 to 2. La-te today BIP Connors bet
f10,000 to Vender's $3,600 that Morton
would be elected. Betting wa« again
active <;n the stock exchange today,
mo»i of the money going up on tho
result ot the mayoralty contest. Tho
morning odds were about two to ono
In favor of the Republican candidate
and many bets of $100 to $60 and $600
to $260 were made. Not many targe
bets were reported on the result in tho
state. The first large bet was made
when Fred T. Adams bet Harry
Coombs $2,600 to$500 on Morton. Be-
aides this wager Mr. 'Adam* placed
$10,000 more with a better, who waa
unwilling to have his name printed.
This bet w»aa also made at the odd* of
10 to 4 <m Morton. Among other bets
on the stock exchange was one of
>2,500 to 6.000 on Grant. This was
made by H. Benedict and Warren St.
j gnos.
It is estimated that Mr. Adams has
bet upward of $100,000 on the results
of tomorrow’s election, and. owing to
Che 'big sums he has handled, he has
practically made the odds.
At the produce exchange today $100
to $4$ was offered on Morton and $70
to $100 on Grant.
Up to midnight the St. James wag
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