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p THE MACON TELEGRAPH. MACON, GA.. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1891. m I Strong’s Immcnso Plurality Over Grant for Mayor* of Sew York City. INDIANA'S COMPLETE SLUMP. Texma, Too, Ihovri !<om«thlng to Think tboat-Soith Carolina. Oat of tho Democratic Line—LouLlann li Still Safe. New Tort, Nor. 8.—The uncertainty about the board of aldermen wag re* moved this afternoon by the polco re turns, which give - the Itepublletina sev enteen out of tbirty-oae members. The board will bavo the apportionment of the city for assembly districts. • The official vote Tor New Tort city for mayor Is as follows: \V. L. Strong (Republican) 133,043, Hugh J. Grant (Democrat) 103," <8, Luciou (Sanlal So cialist) 7,181, Janice llcCitlloni (I’upu- 11b.) ■ 023, George Gettlein (LTolnbi- tlonis't) 8S0. Strong’s plurality 44,205. 1 red T. Adams, the broker, who has been offering so much money and such heavy odds on Horton's elecliou, .won ■'JTujjUO on the election. If 111U hud bee a victorious Adams v.'oulft ■ havo lost more than $230,000. He Is a grand- so:, or the lute John Thompson, ono .of tlie earliest and for years one of the luiai prominent bunkers ,n the city. Complete returns for New York a.ai:e shew mu vote for soveruor to be aa foi.ows: Morton, 4*H7bi; Hill, 314.874; Mo.-Mm’s plurality, 153,88s. 'i-<e oilleiU'l vote Air president ot the board of aldermen gives Jaaa Jbcoio- iiioa, Kwpubllemiv a majority of 44,318, E. u. H. Taimsen for sherltC 2T.I60. GREATER NEW YORK. Brooklyn, Nov. 3.—The vote here on “Greater Ne\v 1'prlf," a a reported to poi.ee headquarters "this morning, shows that those wlio favored cotisot- ld.-.t.un lost by about 100 votes. There are still about twenty outlying dwrtmt* to report, and Secretary Shanks of tho Ouusolldation League says that pri- va.o advices received by him show th.it the consolidation will be carried by a small vote. The accountants who nre tabulating the returns say it will bo at least two days before the matter can be settled. It will make no difference ono way or the other If the vote la found to be in favor of or against, ns the balloting was done at tho soUoii.uiun ot legisla tors who were afraid to act i.u llui matter without learn mg how their con stituents felt on the question, and thu Issue will have to go to the legislature In any event. THEY "CALL FOR MONET, t Washington,' Novi S.—The' following letter from North Carolina received at headquarters osplams itself: ' Greensboro, N. 0., Npv. i, 1334.— Hon. J. W. Babcock; Washington, 1>. C.—Dear Sir: We won a complete vic tory at the polls acre yesterday, lifve elected the judicial ticket by an esti mated majority of over 4n,00tl and Have both branches >f the legislature, w th four Republican congressmen and three Populists. The fitter will have to be made tomorrxw betoro tho coun ty canvassing boards, lltesc toaTds have Judicial powers, with the right to Investigate tne legality of every vote and pass upon the rept'anty^ the precinct returns. It will m. nee envoy for us to have lawyers of reru' ration and ability to appear, before these canvassing boards h ^ ^ 4Yif. mmrtlftj ot tlio Bb»UO. Wc wll uo compelled to employ Democratic law yers nt good fees; he»doadi w.U U a stroke of policy to net tin. .a. T hornio the expanse of this campaign mainly, and now my money re exhausted- Our candidates claim that they have not tho means, amd this ceeiFln hSSilJSfthe-«*«* \ the end Jut ’through ^td U H^u“oT„^mHorus nmnothe amount by. wire on the receipt n.f this Wt hauve been arranslng to employ counsel where needed, if w© csui ri i» .the mean** The Democrats «\y they havo given un the state, t>ht i rl tor- S erna to us that they Intend tb’io ithedr -work before the canvassing ’’ifema 'of 1 their unguarded PoUtiolana nre saying that they have machinery nmJ exoeot to use It* ®od do not Intend do xive wo 'the otajte: that the ctxurt have’tSllmv.tes In thirty counties In ihe state on delinlte 4nformation, and In these counties we halve gained .6,000 over tho vote of two yeans ago. and have gained In these counties thirty- five members of the house out of six, and it eeema that this ratio will be kept up except In 'th© First and Ninth diatrlots, and In these we nave trained about .6.000. B Pearson’s majority in, the Ninth dls* tr’o: is 192. and Skinner's In the First la about 8,000. Verytruly. E HoUon , Chalrimsn State ExecuUve Committee. , Chairman Baboock wired a reply to thl«. directing: the Republican manager to take the neoeaaary steps to protect their congressmen, and that the com* mlttee here’would 6tand by them. Only three Democratic congressmen have been elected—Woodwird in the Second, Shaw lit the Third and Lock hart in the SIx?t5H d»!rftricL Crawford Is defeated by Peairwxx in tbie Ninth by a vary small majority. Raleigh, Nov. *8.—In the absence of official figure*. the following carefully prepared estimate may be relied upon ns the latest figures on the Populist* fuxlonlst majorities. The next United suites senutors will probably be Marion Bu;’.er and Mr. Mott, with a chance for Pritchard, but Mott has the go now. Congressional results are a* foltw: First district. Skinner (Populist). 2000: Second dlctrlct. Woodward (Democrat). 2.COO: Third district. Shaw (Democrat), 1,000: Fourth district. Siroud (P«ibulHft). 2 COO; Fifth district. Settle (Repubican). 2.5WO; Sixth district. Hart (Democrat). 2 000; Seventh district. Shuford (Papu- llst), 750; Eighth district Linney rPopu* list). ibO; Ntoth district. Peanaon (Repub lican) and Crawford (Democrat) both claim that the official count Is neces- oirv to decide. The ©tat© and Judicial tickets for the fusfonl<rts 1*3 elected by several thou- etcxL Marion Butier. the Populist lead er. claim? 20.000* The legislature on jotoUMJot will probobly be fusion.' THE TEXAS SLUMP. *» New .'Orleans. Nov. 8.—W? Times- PrnOcihSt*> Abilene. Tex., special r’.ya: “Texas, itoo, was caught in the Uhd- shde, but by the P^uitots instead of Republicans. The time-worn plurality of 180,000 for Democracy i© a thins of I8»« Todtty’a returns very male- riatily rtaInge the situation from timt of yewUerday, w^ien the Democrats were copfkhmt of ;i plurality of 80,000, while tonight they will be aattstied if barely elected. Every return throughout the fifoate reoelved today shows phen^mbiml Populist gains and may possibly indi cate the ftFectlon of Nugent, file Popu- I’xn's csmdld»te for governor. The rfU.i te is Uonrlght dnimed by both parties. Tae Populists claim k plurality of 80,000 Wr NugVtrft* wCvlle tlie Democrats only claim the st&e fo«* Culhorsop by 30,000. The Democratic .strongholds iia\'© been heard from, while the Populk9ts are yet to receive returns from the oouhtry dd»- triebs. STILL COUNTING THE VOTE.- DhIIhiS. Tex.. Nov. 8.—Th© Judges arc still cfaunitinsr the bullotci. Mayor Kear- by (Popultsi), for co.ngre , sa, eo far as re- tunas are in from Dallas couraty, leads Abbott (Democrat) by about 600. If Kearby counts out.as strongly in the cky ©» his triemds say he will, th© luce In the Sixth district will be a de cidedly close one. DlswKtohea today .tnl sure the election of Ollllland (Populist) over Beil (Democrat) in the Thirteenth district. Even the rock-ribbed Demo cratic starte of Texas ms .parted from the faith ani^ partfcilly gone over to the enemy. The Democrats certainly lose two and possibly four congrcocmen. Nugent (Populist), for governor. Is running like a scared hound. The Pop ulists here ©re actually claiming his eleetton. While many leading Demo crats are ‘dumbfounded (tot *the cyclone which bus well-nigh swept Ihe party out of existence, others are aoit at ail sur prised. They aay that Cleveland and congress have utterly fulled to earn out th© wishes of »the people, and have betrayed every trust and all confidence put Jn them. There is loud talk of form ing a new national party with a new maim© upon the 'beat .planks of the Democratic, Populist and old Whig qlat- form. LATER RETURNS. -GalvtastaD-, Tex., Nov. 8.—The result of the congressional elections nre as fo.llows: Tenth district, Miles Crowley, Democrol^ elected. Sixth.district, doubt ful Two years ago It gave nicrniy 80,- 000 Democratic majority. Blghith dis trict, C. K. Bell, Dtecmocrat, eitected by 600. plurality. Two yian uigo iH)i© D^m- OcrafUo plurality wtis nearly 6,000. Elev enth dtetriot, Crnme, DemAoralL, eloct^l by 1,600 plurality. Democntotlc loss. 5,692 since last election. Thirteenth xliMri'ot, whk'h it wo yvtare agio gave Cockre-M a plurality otf 12,000, is still In doubt. The Twelfth dtetriat elects Noonain, Repub- V.Ktm. Pascal’® plurality *wo years ago was 6.640. The Democrats claim die ©lection of tJhlelr stlatte ticket by a greaJt- ly reduefd majority. • Th© lafceiet not urns iotffcfittB Kihe ellec- tlon of ooengressmein as follows: FJrst district, HuJt'c'heson, Democnait; Second, Cooper,' Democrat ; Third, Yoakum, Domoarat; Fourtth, Culberson. Demo- entot; Fifth, Bailey, Democrat; Slxfch, Ketumey, Populist; Sevienith, Pendleura, Democrat; Eighth, Bell, Democrat; NtaMvSayera, Dcmocralt; Tenth, Crow ley, Democrat; Eleventh, Cralne, Dem ocrat. Twelfth, Noonan, Republican; Thlif^ath, Gilliland. Popullet. • MISSOURI’S SLUMP. Kansas CUty, Mo., Nov. 8.—In t/he Oongreasdomal fig*ht Dockerey of the den In the FourBh, Bbatner lit the FU’.lh sJid Robertson in tho Sixth. Republlo.ina announce they wiR make cheir oobtett wihen tiiic Fixty-fourcn Congress meots., Attorneys have been engaged to handle tfte c.i«ca, and evr- dence of fraud Is now being gathered. Sugar planters aTe unKlei-snood to Iwtve h id spotters in all of the DUgar dis tricts. Republicans arc hopeful of get- fin# Baal'tle, KernochUn and Coleman jeated. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 8.—The »ltwn- Uon In dhe Aethiand district Is urw ciiainged. Owpns claims 118 plurality, but JUdg© Denny, the Republican, wya he k> confident of his election wfcen tho official returns are counted to morrow. If Owens Is given a certift- oa*t» Denny will surely contest bwkj in Congress on the ground t of the re fused to register Ropubllavu voters, And.on uccount of frauds on election fay. Pueblo, Obi., Nov. 8.—Returns from a large majority of the pdecincts in the 8eoond Congresslpnixl district give Bell’s (Populist) plurality nt 7.861 nod Bowen’s (Republican) a : t 7,r40. The Populists elwn ‘that the precincts yet to report will not affect the figures. Chairman Drake or uihe ReptiMWm Congreeafon.il committee rays his es timates-^how tftiiAt ©owen wfel pnli through. Roanoke, Via., Nov. 8.—J. Hainpt’on Hoge, tJhe Republloin rindfdate ran fbr Congress In Uhls (Sixth) flis- erlot cund was def©a/5ed by Peter K. Otey (Democrat) informed a Tidies re porter to-n!g7vt tlhait he would contest Otey’s election. He cla/lmed ih'Dc 1.900 legal wte® cu^t for him were Uhrown out by the judges of electHon. He dtynrge© fraud in the eastern end of tho district. St. Louis, Nov. 8.-—A special received at 2:30 p. m. from Lebanon, Mo., says tfo.nt Congressman Dkvml concedes his flafetit by 91 plurality In favor of J. L. Hubbard, Ills opponent. DMmoinos. Ia„ NOV. .8.—-Nearly com* pletj unofficial returns Mhow that the Demoonlia carried fountron counties id krtm with plurnliti'es aggregalting 6.767. I'll© Republicitotv carried olghty-flve comities with total pluralities of 79,- W?* " Nof Republican plurality 72,296. The congressional delegation Is unshak en by the lo4er return® and Is solidly Republican. Milwaukee, Wis. k Nov. 8.—Complete rdbums show /the election of sixteen Republican und four Democm/tlc ste./te sfftta/tors, which makes ithe senate stand Republican® 20, Democrats 13. Th© election <yf 82- Republicins and 18 Dem ocrat® will make tire Republlcah ma jority in th© assembly 64. Spokane, Washl, Noar. 8.—Hyd© and Dootltlfle, Republicans, an© elected to congress by grealtly reduced mujorl’tH.-e. Th© Repub Vic ante will have a sauuU ma jority greatly reduced In the legislature, ocrats were supopsed to live, has elect ed. Mosely (Republican). For £he first time In twenty-five years the south east has failed to come up rock-ribbed for th© Democratic ticket. The a«W- free sliver lead ore men In the Fif teenth district left Morgan at home by 160 .to tovw of Judge Burton. Couni'.le® whldh hnve never gone Re publican! elnco the ex-Confederates wei-e restored to citizenship have elect ed the entire Republican* ticket. Anal ysis of. the vote ns Mown by returns ! received At Democratic hcadrruTirtwr® irn, mm, m Tuat Was tho History of tho Life of Leo Lawrence for ' Ono Day. I?SUITING TIMES AT MONIICELLG A INsroltapl.t Tried ,U Slieclnl Term if Court. Couvleted and S.nt.licrd, but tlie Slob Proceeded In execute tlte ,euteuee. < ion that the neighbors ot BawreoceV victim made up their minds several days ago to lynch the negri it caught and that they went to Momieeilo yes terday fnlly determined to do mis, trial or no trial. Show, 4to't no portion ot ..the state Iras Democrats tlhat have been ©Heated-on Uhe fUce of 1ihe returns. HatcGi, In the First, la cleoiriy bea'ten by Clark. HJal- leck, in. the- second, for v/fham there were strong hopes until now, has sure ly gone down. Ellison, in tlhe Fourth, and 'Heard, in the;Seventh, are buried. In the Eighth “Silver Dick’* Bland’s rural constitu ency /has given him the go-by in favoa* of Joel Hubbard. In the Ninth Champ Clark has been defeated by Trdaioar of Adrian, a odhool teacher with pro tection tondenoies. PRAYERS AND RESOLUTIONS. New Orleans, Nov. 8.—On account of the labor troubles on the Joyce brought about by the white laborers in an effort to get rid of the colored laborer as a competitor, an evangelical alliance meeting was held today at Wesley Chapel of the Methodist Epis copal church, attended by fifty min isters and 1,500 people, and prayers were offered for gnldauce, blessings and protection, and resolution? asking for divine guidance unanimously adopted. * % ONE MORE DEMOCRAT. Philadelphia, Nov. 8.—The official oounzt in *the four counties comprising the Ighth congressional district, which was completed Unto tonight, show© that Hart (Democrat) is elected by 197 ma jority over Kirkpatrick (Republican). This gives Pennsylvania two Democrat ic congressmen. With five Cowrites to hear from the net mufionlty of Hhatimgs, Republican, for governor, is 240,820. " CALIFORNIA. San Francisco. Nov. 8.—The plural ity of the Democratic candidate fbr Governor in GaMfornka, will be about 2,000. The Republicans have fdeoted tihe remainder'of the state ticket, and •will (have \a majority of at leant twenty hi the next Legislature,' The refturns Show there is no floubt tho Republi cans 'hiave elected six of the seven Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 8.—The gov ernorship Is still in doubt. Republicans and Democrats are both claiming tho victory. -Seventy counties heard from officially and unofficially give Evans (Republican) 3,000 ^majority. Of the counties yet to be heard from, It |e conceded «hat they are about evenly divided. Tt looks very much as If Evans >was elected, but tlu* refoult can only be learned by the official count. Th© Legislature Is safely Dermocratic. HONOR FOR FARKHURST. Now York. Nov. 8.—The Rev. Dr. Oharles K. F&rKhurst, pTCacher and reformer, Was to-night elected an hon orary member of the Union League Club a't the regular monthly meeting of the club. Until Dr. Paridhurst’s name was added to the number there were Just a dozen of such members, in cluding Gen. H.irri®on, Gcti. O. O. Howard and Governor-elect Morton. Dr. PorkJhurfrt makew the ortly clergy man to be thus honored, * IN THE OTHER STATES. IndianapoMs. In<t.Nov.8.--The returns are about all in. They bear out the forebist to the effect that tho Republi cans have caoturcd the state by 40.000 and all of the thirteen congr«w®men, while th© srtate legislature will stand go to 3Lon Jtrfnt ballot. The defeat of Hol- martfW th® Fourth district .te the bk? <ere#it pill for the Democracy, and By num’s defeat (n tihe Seventh Is a sur prise. Th© hititer is out with chargrw to the effect he had been'offered n bribe <r* $6,000 and another <>! a lesser sum to secure a Federal appotn#unent for two leaders in 4his city, rind spurn ing the offers, hud been ntabbed In the back at th© polls by the friends of the persons In auestion. This statement has caused a censatldn In political circles. New Orleans, Nov. 8.—Fuller re turns to-»day confirm previous dis patches of Che election of all six Dem ocratic Candidates for Congress in Lou^lamt by majorities ringing from 5.000 to 10.000: Meyer to the First, Buck in the Second. Price In the Third, Og- 1s Ju&fc as bad down along tlhe Arkan sas Nne as it Is up on tlhe Iowa bor- Hers. The Mississippi river counties are a® badly.^'.‘slumped’’ n3 Is the tier wfhildh borders Kansas. Two years ago the Democrats htid nlnoty-two mem bers In. .tlhe lower house of the Legis lature and the Republicans forty- elglh't. This time the Democrat's and Populsts combined will not be able to. must or more thorn a strong m/lnorltv. New lUaven, qonn., Nov. 8.-—The complete vote of tlhe state In Tues day’s election was announced to-night as follows; For Governor. Coffin’s (Re publican) olurtrifty is 15,714; hk* ma jority, 11,032. DEMOCRATIC JUBILEE. Louisville. Bartow and Wadley Cele brated Last Night. Louisville, Nov. 8.—(Special).—The Democrats of Louisville, Bartow and Wadley met at Wadley tonight and held a big Jubilee. There were crowd® of people hurrahing for Black end shoot ing of fireworks. The Louisville crowd carried the Louisville cornet band with them, which dtecouresd good music all the evening. Everything went off pleas antly, and no disturbances occurred. lit was a regular o!d-fa»hloned Democratic rally. • , Marks on ballots. Lansing, Mich., Nov. 8.—The supremo court today handed down the most lm- portant decision affecting the present method of voting that* has ever been made. On the Question of what consti tute© a “distinguishing mark” on a bal lot. which mirk l« prohibited by law, th© court unanimously hold© that'any mark* whatever other than, a single ono appropriate, to designate the Intention or a voter, U a distinguishing mark. The cane.was brought in the contesting of the rights to office of (two local can didates at Bay City, who were ostensi bly elected at a spring eleetkm a year and a half ago. By the decision bath are ousted from office. Th© result of the decision will be far-reaching. CENTRAL’S REPORT. Approval of the Statement of th© Two Receivers. . , New York, Nov. 8.—Receiver#! Comer and Hayes of th 1 *.* Gvr/rgbi OenLr.iI rail road have been informed by tide master in glioncery of the approval of their re port of operation© from January l to gep'jwnber 1, 1894. during which period ttof received SC,2C7,0«7. The canh J»i- a nee fei liao humia of the receivers on tlra la!:tcr <t)te wls 1160,111. The Fam«rr»' Loam and Treat Com pany nude n formal objeotlon to the c. Pprovjj of the accounta on the ground thait threy dM not glvo prior to th* an- polmmeat of Caff;. Hayoa ns co-r'reiv er n etitement of t3te nwnu accrulu# from evth mdlvhlnH road in tlie sys tem. which U claimed !o tye duo the holders of the various class'* ot bonds. KILLING AT RICHMOND. Richmond, Va., Nov. 8.—John B. Ra- bbKJte. nunartr of the Albwmarle Club, shot and morlnllv wounded Otte Krayser, eon of Pollreman Frayw.thLs moriinir. The parties had be»n en- frased m a erat of dice tlw? nltfht be fore anil a quarrel ensued. Frayser -cnick Rablneau. The nmilr w-n* set tled and the two became apparently v * *i fr ends, hut this morning while they w ere drinhiug together weeds were ptf-ised and If/tbineau drew a pie to 1 and tired with the result stuthd above. WACO’S KXPOSinoS. Waco, Ter., Nov, 8.—Governor llogc today delivered an .idUrcas to thous ands who came to witness the Opening of the Texan Cotton Batnce, Fnlly 30,000 Btrunger* were in tho city, Cud the management anticipate gnccctw in this the first year of ihc expovltton. The exposition closes December 0. llontlcello, Nov. 8.—(Special.)—Leo Lrtrrence, the negro who committed anijlssault on SIh. Polk, a widow lady. In tlie lower part of tlx’.s county aboat thijeo weeks ngo, was ltaugcd by a mob at tills place (his aftetenoon. after hav* Iur.been duly tried, convicted und sen tenced, making (t, therefore, the most uoWjunl case of lynching on record. Skwronce was brought here this mdfnlng In charge of Sheriff Phillips «r*e tried for his crlmo at a upeclal term of court called, by Judge Jcnklus for tho purpose and with a view to kcatolng down violence. A number of pedjilu from the lower part of tlie couu- ty.Hielshbors of the Widow Poll;, had learned that tho negro was to bo brought hero for trial'and they Were In town before tho tralu w'aictx brought I.aWrenco arrived. An attempt was made to toko tho negro from the sheriff Immediately upon the avrivnl ot the train, but the sheriff managed to yet his prisoner to the qourt house, and Judge Jenkins hastily proceeded with the trial, the doors of the court horso having been barred nail the attend ance In. the court room mltited to only the lawyers, Jury aud court olHcers (n order to prevent any demonstration, In less than tlireo horn's Ihb grand Jury returned a true bill, the traverse jury the verdict and Loo Lawrence was sentenced to be hanged on tho 30th Inst., hut this 'lid not satisfy tho people, .who were wrought up to the highest pitch by the heinous crime which tho negro committed, All day a crowd of determined men had been at tho court house door aud the sheriff with; hla posse succeeded )u holding thcnxbnek till about 3 o clocs tlds af ternoon, when a break was made for the .court room. Tho officers tried hard to save the negro uud carried him tp.tho top of the court house, but tl3rt'*tvus of no avail! against ibb peo ple, who had concluded that'an exam ple of this negro would result In much good. A crowd from adjoining coun ties went Info tho court liottso und dragged the miserable brute to a bug gy near by. Ho was placed therein and carried off to suffer tho swift de mands of Justice which the people de sired placed upon him. They carried him Just out of town, hung him m 'a tree, riddled Ills body With bullets null then placed tills card on.the body: “Notlco to all negroes: Tills Is your hereafter If you perpetrate such a crime. Wo will always protect our women.” Tho crime for which Lawrence paid tho usual penalty was the most Ilond- Ish oyer committed in this county. Ho went to tho home of tho Widow Polk, an unprotected and blgjly respoctablo White woman, overpower,-.1 her und subjected her to every Indignity bolh before and after the crime, afterwards stubbing her with a knlfo because, as lie told her, sho gave hint so much trouble and Was not aubuilsilve. MACON MILITARY OHbERED OUT It looked like' war times to see (he Macon soldiers hurrying to their ar mory with their uniforms on and ready to do battle. Col. Wiley, commander of tho Sec ond Georgia regiment, received a tele gram from Governor Atkinson nt 3:30 oclock yesterday afternoon Instructing him to hold tlio mjlltnry in readiness to proceed to Monttccllo, subject to orders from Judge - Jenkins, presiding at tlie present term of Jnsper superior court. A few minutes later a tele gram enmo from Judge Jenkins re questing Col. Wiley to send up a com pany of military at once. Col. Wlfey Immediately ordered tho trusty old Macon Voluntterg, and with in, five minutes after the llrst telegram was received Capt. Carnes had orders to proceed at onco to Momieeilo with forty men to put down any disturb- a nee. Within ten minutes after Capt. Carnes received his orders twenly-nlno men were at tho armory In uniform, and within half an hour thlrty-llto men had reported nt the armory. Cart ridge boxes were tilled, belts hucklod on and the Volunteers were ready to march to the depot to take the special train for llontlcello, which tho Macon and Northern had In readiness when orders were received from Col. Wiley ordering the company dlomlsSeil. Col. Wiley had Just received a telegram from Judge Jenkins notifying him that the military was not needed nad briefly stating that Lawrence had b-’en-utrlcd, convicted, sentenced and lynched.” ' Lawrence was taken from the Bibb county Jail yesterday morning by Sher iff Phillips of Jasper county and car ried to llontlcello for trial. Ho was placed In Jail here Just a week ago, having been arrested In Jonesboro by the sheriff of Clayton county. Ho professed not to ftno-v for wh.it crimo he was held, oud tn-.-er during Ills stay In the Bibb county jail did he -liludo to the crime. He vas a low, heary- set, yellow negro, with a mean coun tenance and inclined to be Insolent In bis manner. He seemed to have no fear of being lynched when taken away from Mn- oon yesterday, and Sheriff Phillips was also of the opinion that the law would be. allowed to take its course. Old dUzei'-f of Jasp. r county who are n<Sw residents of Macon enns'der It fortunate that the military did not have to go to MontieeUo, ns they ate satisfied that had the military ap peared on the scene there would havo been trouble. They are of tho opln- NO MORE) RACING. Effect of the New York Constitutional Changes. New York. Nov. 8.—Now thak lit is on-assured fuoc that the anti-gambling aimenMn-.ent lilus bent on-rled, tho turf- men havo begun, to lose heart. At first llloy did not regard idle ambudmetn'.', which prohibits betting, pool selling or gambling of uny kind, seriously. It wtls tWo Caucasus of opinion of ilio man Identified with raving lu this suite that Ihe proposed amendment would bo lo>L Tire lKwkmakcs look matters easily. They argued that If it did pout there would be some winy arwigod to evade It. HiChaid limiter, who is tire proprietor ot tho Manhattan stable and otyns on Inhered; In tho IV.IV- Miaid Stud. Fut-m, wan asked for IiIb views upon tlhe situ- avioni today. He said: "It simply meant) 'the drivanig out of this state of 5100,000,000 and the throw ing of hundreds out of employment. I do notnhlnk vhc voiteiu know whin.they were vonlng for. They were not prep- erly Instructed on the proposed amend- manta. This resulted lu those who ure opposed to tho measures bolting tho amendment!) altogether. It will not do away with racing ; n this country, ten It will effectually Atop It lu tiliw suite. It Is a band blow tx> IJhe breeder, fann er and nvcrehnui: -to drive such n big taduewy Into the Western staten and ubroad, foir a number ttf men Dave sig nified their intention of racing In Eu rope In tho event of the bill faring." Ait the various up-town resorts ithe book makers who lmd arrived from the defunct Mnmgumot AHwclutlnn's meeting w'oiro of the opiulon that vicing In Ithe EiJst was a 'Ihing ot ithe past, 'll icy for ttire moot pink pooh-poolted the BiiRfiimi credit systi-m. The small bookmoker hu» mult mucfi faith In mint- kind. He would not trust hla nearest relative. Ho has gvtt to Ivtive tlilu Bltnlta utider the new mter of things. Only th© big and reliable bookmakers cun exist under tho credit mctdiods used lu England. This fact lias caused the big gest, pemclllers to Italce quite a hopeful view of the sltucUtlon. httreepshiend Boy is likely to bo the only track open next year. DR. TALMAGbTs~OUT. ThlDks His People fikould Not Build Another Church. New York, Nor. 8.—Tim association of the Rev. Dr. Dowltt' Talmaffs with tho Bvooklyn Tabernacle baa been formally severed. Ills resignation Is due, ho says, to the fact that ho dees not feel that ho should ask Ills old congregation to build th) fourth church for hint. Ho advises litem to either Join uther churches or build for a new pastor. Dr. Talmage's letter of resignation was dated ou Monday and (tout to tho sess.on. A3 to his fumva plans, lie says that lio will' either tako a now anatomic or eater evangelical woriri "preaching the gospel to, all people without money aud without price." Tho session Inst night mot anil form ulated a letter to tho presbytery nsk,- lng llfnt they formally dissolvo tho pastoral relations between themselves aud Dr. Taltnage,- and also expressing regret at his action, SOUTHERN'S DIG FIGHT. SUTI Working Hard to Got th© Queen end Crescent. Birmingham, Nov. 8.—In the olty court today John Groenaugli, Calvin S. Brloe and Samuel Thomas tiled u. bill In equity with the Alabama. Great South ern railway IJmltod as respondent. This is considered ns another move on the part of tlie Southern railway through tho minority ttlockholdem of the de fendant company to gula control ot the Atj.bamn Great Southern and pr-lcti- oslly alio Queen Creeceot and thereby shut out tho Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton. Tho prayer of the bill is that HUrry A. Taylor, Alfred Sully, Eugene Zimmerman, John H. Taylor. Henry Shoemaker add M, D. Woodford, be not reocgnlzed by ofllcMrs of the 'b-fendant oomp-any. The ground upon wliloh this Is asked Is tihat ithe laws of thin Mtate require twwotw to bo stockholdem in u oompatvy before they can become dlfee- tore. A temponJry Injunction wire granted and the defendants ordered to keep hands off the Alabama. Greet Soir.'bern mllrotul. They cllam, to be legal directors of the road. An Injunc tion ffimllmar to this was gotten but on Ort’olwr 3. TENNESSEE'E INSURANCE LAW. Chattanooga. Asks a Withdrawal of All Concessions. Chattanooga, Nov. 8.—At a meeting of the OhaAtant»ga board of oommercc this afternoon a wertes of rcsoluiUne* were adopted requesting both branches of the state legislature to prepare ouch legis lation as may be necessary to remove the special concessions granted to uny Insurance company doing bualness in this state which shhll become a member of any association-which by combination seeks to control the rates of Insurance In Tennessee. This a oil cm was taken with the view of making of no effect the union of local and foreign, unmn and non-union oomr/mles. at a meeting to be held a-t Louisville. Ky„ tomorrow. FITZPATRICK ON TRIAL. •Now tTrfTTTffs, Nov. 8.—Tho Impeach ment proceedings (lied by District At torney Butler against .'layer John Fitzpatrick tor malfeasance nml mis- feamtnee In office, which were post poned October 31, wore called up In Judge King’s division of the civil dis trict court today. Many prominent members of tho Citizens' Protective Association, who brought tho clnrgts, were on hand to lend moral support at least to tlielr side of tho controversy, aud tho mayor, Too, was well sustained by a large number of city olhel.i!« and other political friends. During tno nf- ternodir several witnesses were exam ined but .there were no startling devel opments. WORKS NEGRO LABOR. New Orleans. Nov. H—M. J. Banders, agent of the West India Lice, a Brit ish subject, tonight ohlilned from Judge l’ardec lu the United. States court an'Injunction’ restnluln* the white screwmen and longshoremen front interfering with hit, loading Ida ships by colored labor. This Is an out come of the existing troubles. J'hn Cotton Exchange and other bodies en deavored to keep the matter frort go ing ns far as the federal government, but Mr. Sanders refus-l to delay longer, claiming that the ticnl pro tection accorded was notorious/ in sufficient. ilMMUf. Filial Termination of n Quarrel in the Ashland, Ky,, District , - Yostcrday. TWO HEN KILLED IN TI1E FIGHT Ono Arnaird Hi* Olhirof IUvligV«(«4 for Dtnny, th* R«pabl!c*n Condi- Uttttre\ni>ld Koldltr One • •. of tlio Vloitmc* Lexington, Ky., Nov. 8.r-A bloody political tragedy occurred In Lexing ton this nftemoon at 5 o’clock,' when • John Trnynor, 1 marshal of Athens/ Ixj'., cut Lew Slinrpo probably fatally’ anti shot Iko Davidson to death,’ dlnirpe and Trayuor were both IJem-, ocr.its, Sharpe being an Owens nun nml Trnynor a Breckinridge i.upporter. . They met In front of the Lclanil ho tel. Sltni’pe accused Traynor of having votod fOr Donny, tho Republican. Tray, nor denied It, when Blurpo culled bun u liar, Traynor struck Sharpe, who Is’ badly crippled as tlio result of having been shot in tho kneo durlug tho v^ar. The blow knocked Sharpo to tlto sldo- walk, and before ho count get up Tmy- uor drew a knlfo and began cutting the old soldier. Pat Toouney, a young friend of Sharpe's, rushed to Oils ns- sistnneo and knocked Traynoa down, Iko Davidnon Jumped in aud tried to separate the men. Traynor scrambled to his feet and, apparently trying to get away, went dawn the street with two pistols lu his hand. The marshal turned nntl fired, tho bullet striking Davidson In tho stomach, lio died In an hour. Sharpe was taken to the hen pltal, where ho is suffering greatly, and It Is more than likely ho will die. Traynor Was looked up. Davidson is a well-known distiller. Tho origin of ilio had feeling between the men dates back somo time. On election day John Oreeu, who was Marshal Tmynor'a deputy, shot and fatally wounded George Toomey, a brother of tho man who took part In today’s affair. Pat Toomey, Snarpa nnd Davidson enmo to town this nri teruoon to have Traynor arrested ns, an accessory to tlio shooting of Too- mey, ns the latter is likely to dto be, fore morning. Traynor hud boou ar rested and released on bond whoa. Bltiu’pe met him m front of tho hotel. There Is already a great deni of had .blood between tho Owens and Breckinridge men hero aud It Is feared Ibis will,not be, the uinl ot tUu trouh'c. Green. Who shot Too they, was a Brecli* Inridge man and Toomey un Owcn» follower. Sharpo Is closily related to Btephen G. Sharpe, ex-treasurer of- Kentucky. ' | INCREASED FREIGHT RATEH. The Dedsiwn Ot Hie Bdu th western Mr. Iff Atmoclutloa. at, Loulo, Nl)V. 8.—At a meottag of the exetudtve board of tho Soulthwret-, em Traffic AssocUtlon, ItcM In New York October 0 ito 11, Inclusive, * reso lution was adopted providing, that the qureilon rtf raltes and divisions betweea Texas points and polnlM 4a Clnclnnuitl,. Uciatvlw. Knoxville, Nashville, Atlao-. <a and Chnollm leerl'lDory bo referred' U> the cbJlrmuu of she tuwociatlon with power to adJiMt the mnro in a mhnner that would hi ih'.H Judgment bts equita ble ito all Interests. Yerfi.el'day Ohuirirtun Dliy promulgsits ed his decision, wIlMoh, provides for • continuatlnn ot the existing propiWUon* al rutes on Iron nnd Iron articles uppil- cn.blo west of the MUioWsIppl itver, which will have Itwo effect rxf conlHnu- lng tho prrewnt through rates on lh<** oonsnodltles. HU decision requires, however, thsa. on all other traffic, lines west of the Mlsilrelppl rlvsr, north ot Vicksburg, and lines from Nqw Orleans to fthreveport, La„ Shall ohurgn their full local rat'*, which lu* the effect o< materially advancing the through nitrt from tho 8f«thenst territory. This de-' cislon iwfers only to territory eoulth of Louisville, Cincinnati, Knoxville lmd ungbourd titmdtf, 4trclading wbsit Is known as N«*hvllc, Atliunua and Cliro- Una territory. Til*! dhktlrmMii has • re served his decision relative to Louis-' vllle, CtoOteOgia and KlnoxvlUo terri tory unitl a furtliwr Uivolllgallon of cx*l- rtltlons can be made. NOT TEXAH FEVER. • Other Causes for the Stoppage of Cat tle Importations. Berlin. Nov. 8.—It has come to look now to Che United Slates Legation that She prohibition against the land ing of Aimcrlain cnitlc In Gormsny, claimed to be based on sanitary rco- . none, is without foundation, fir appears 'tbait the Hamburg sanitary nunhorl- tte* passed two if tlhe cargoes of cat tle In as "healthy,” and Shat there upon Prussian sanitary officers wer* ordered to Hamburg, nod ouboequentfly sntiounKCd tlxat tihe oargoes of ca'ttls were affitotod wish Texas fever. Tho cAttle Shippers of Hamburg axe In dignant at tlhe action of the Prussian aurtiorltles. as tirey have recently built four cattle steamers for nhe A’msrtcnn service, nnd these vessels hove been rendered useless by the prohibitory, orders recently Issued. POOL OPERATOR ATTACHED. Pittsburg, Penn., Nov. 8.—Suits in attachment war# entered Jn court to- - dny by "elx persons against George M. Irwin, flhe absent pool operator. The wiwUimantw alleged eh it the money was entrusted to the firm for Invest ment, but w.is not used fbr km pur pose, end that tho defendant has ab sconded with Intent to defraut credit ors. The property attached Is ehe de posit In tho Lincoln Nattoad Bonk, and the defendant’s residence. No. 420 Pacific avenue. LYNCHERS ON TRIAL. Memphis, Nov. 8.—The trial of lie- tectivo Richardson and K<). Smith, two of tho alleged lynchers of tho elx ne gro prisoners nenr .Ccrryvllle on Au gust 31, was bes'ta In tho criminal court today. Four Jurors v.vre se cured out or lrt) .non examined. It Is not probable that Hie remainder of tho Jury will be secured this week. WEATHER INDICATIONS. Washington, Nov. 8.—For Georgia; Fair aud collcr In eastern port.on; w««t to north winds, U#?oBilng varia ble