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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
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MACON. GA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1894.
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Mrs. Cleveland Baptized the Great
American-Boilt Steamer
Yesterday,
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND SPOKE.
H« Will Always Aulit In the lmprova*
ment of American Commerce—llle
Part in Building the New
American Nary,
Philadelphia, Not. 12.—Tho first of
the tiro steamships built In this coun
try for the International' Navigation
Company was launched this afternoon
from the Cramps* ship yard In the
presence of President Cleveland, mem
bers of the cabinet and a large number
of people. Mrs. Cleveland stood spon
sor for the vessel and christened it the
’’£>r. Louis," after the metropolis of
Missouri. «
At 10-12 o'clock the special train
bearing tho presidential party steamed
slowly up to the ship yard gate.
Clement A. Griscom, president of
the International Navigation Compa
ny, and Charles Cramp, president «f
the ship building company, had board
ed tlie presidential special before It
'Strived at the yard and they were tho
first to alight/, .’Henry W. Cramp, sec
retary of the cdlppany, and a number
of others were in waiting and they
stepped forward and raised their hats
as Mr. Cleveland followed Mr. Gris
com and Mr. Cramp from the train.
' Mrs. Cleveland followed tho president
and took Mr. Griscom’s arm and Mr.
Cleveland walked beside Mr. Cramp.
Tho other members of tho presidential
party speedily alighted from tho cars,
and for a few moments salutations and
Introductions took place. Mr. II. W.
Cramp presented Mrs. Cleveland aud
the other ladles of tho party with a
bunch of flowers and then tho party
walked Into the yard and up to the
Incline to Hie stand.
j-w—ftight under the keel a small plat-
' form had been raised and on this Mrs.
Cleveland, tho president and Mr.
Cramp took their stand. After the'
christening parly had entered the yard
the gates were thrown open and tho
waiting crowd thronged In. There
was a rush to find poiuts of vantage
from which to 'view' tlio launching and
the ends of the piers adjoining {ho
place, where the steamship stood,'
were soon black with people. The
more fortunate ones, and these were
mostly workmen of tho yard, found a
good position to view tho launch from
the deck of tho unfinished St. Paul,
the sister ship of the St. Louis, which
1« on the stocks adjoining where 1ho
St Louis stood. Fully 25,000 people
were in the yard as tho morneut for tho
launching approached.
AU the morning workmen v- ore busy
about the steamship preparing her lor
her baptismal dip Into her native ele
ment. The national flag floated from
tho bow and a siring offlagsof many
nations .were strong over tlio decs
from stem to stern.
A ere at harnmerVn® came up from
beneath the steamship o keel. (j
“SHE STARTS. SHE MOVES.
V \r- H W Cramp was finally notified
th^i^wS-iareatoess.andhohandj
yond actual accomplishment, and is
not llml'rcd to the tilings already doth*
and •within our sight. While we may
well be proud because "we have
launched the largest and most pow
erful stwuiwhlp ever built In the West
ern Hemisphere and with two excep
tions the largest and most paworfui in
the world, twvl while we may Hud rea
son -for additional pride in tho fact
tfcrtt notwithstanding general economic
conditions not encouraging to such
aehtevemenita, this grct.it vessel hie
been built on American plans, by
American mechanics and of Ameri
can materials, we must not forget that
our greatest, cause of oongnatulatloxj
Is found in the hope and promise those
incidents funrish of the revival nnd*
development of American commerce
and the renewed appearance of the
American flag in foreign ports.
"I shall not be accused of making a
suggestion calculated .to mar the grat-
iflcdlfion which this occasion inspires
if I remind you that tho ship we have
Juat Rturecited was bui.lt In fulflllniout
of conditions Imposed in consideration
or tthe relaxation of our registration
Jaws and that the construction plant
1°£j? x,oh<n ? ry bu,,d sMp or
fr£*Ti2 lI \# p a » ns b , y mocihnn-
'£*»* American materials, orlgi-
nated in the necessity of the building
or an American n-jjvy.
beno more dolay In the
ork or relnstnitlnw AmerJo.in com-
'1 n<>t °? ly br the ,ns, I >| ratIon cup-
piled by such events as we have wlt-
this day. but by such legislation
as will Bet free American mechaailcai
lngeunUy and excite American enter-
pclee. Commerce is the life-blood of a
nation, aud nb country that loses or im-
PoveWshen it can roach and maintain
a comm an d In* positron among the na
tions of Hie earth. Our flag not only
but It te n symbol
or all that American institutions rep-
* , escnt. It is cl onions and patriotic to
uphokl our flag and ito follow it and
defend It. 'bait it is air*) glorious and pa
triotic to carry our flag to all parts of
the world and to extend its defense and
promotion to Amerlcam men and prop
erty «v the -ports of every nation. I am
not able to see why Americans, owning
nhjps navigated by Americans nnd car
rying American cargoes, should in any
ca$e be driven to the protection of a
foreign flag, and It seems to me that
fV nd stripes entering a port
of the United States and epread over
Americans and American property
should *be (frowned upon and re^pelled by
American officials acting under the man
date of our navigation laws. In the
interest of a revival of American com
merce. so much needed, and for tha
honor of our flag, so dear to all of us.
I am willing that the defense of our
government and flag shall (be accorded
to all ships of American ownership,
wherever built. Make our flag a more
familiar ertght in the ocean-carryfcs<g
trade and thus remind our citizens that
a large sha r c of the carrying trade of
the world Is due to them, and we need
have’no fear that our shipbuilders, un
der laws giving them a fair chance, will
suffer from foreign competlon.
"Since my participation in rebuilding
our navy during a former official term
has peon so flatteringly referred to, 7
jWjr® not amiss for me to say that
I Shall,deem myself especially fortunate
if jn time to oome it can be said that
I nave done something during my pres*
ln _, ald of freedom nnd
extension of American commerce and
tho consequent further growth of
American ship buUdlnWA
*£r. ® rl *® on ' J I > rea)o|ff*the health, of
an, v Mr -
ai 3:2® b’elock
,'H ve Bp oc!al trmn. which left
Immediately for Washington.
RETURN OP THE PARTY.
Nov. 12.—The president
and Mrs. Cleveland and party arrived
PhiladelDhla launching shortly
L oel ,°ok this evening. Mr. and
Mrs. Cleveland went immediately to
their home at Woodle.
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
National Convention Will Open at New
Orleans Today.
S> *0°
"J. am
S lIre cTevek^dthelaily decorated
bottle of champagne that she waA to
break on the ship’* bow. As h «
airs. Cleveland tho bottle
her na to the beat way in
break it. Mrs. Cleveland took the bot
tle. nodded and flm 5 ed .^or
Cramp’s advice, and stood waiting for
the ehlp to begin Co move. The e.iarp
hissing sound made by a saw curiing
lbs way through wood came clearly
above the noise made by the crowd.
Suddenly the big ship began to move.
The cry of "There she goes! wont
ten-from the crowd, followed by a cheer
that ewelled Into a great volume of
sound as the steam whistles in the yard
and on the flotilla of waiting steamers
fcn the river added their noise to *ne
din. As the vessel began to move, two
minutes past 1 o’clock, Mrs. Cleveland
swung the bottle of champagne by its
parti-colored ribbons, much as a boy
throws a stone from a sling, and
smashed the glass against the side, at
the same time calling out in a dear
voice: "I christen thee. St. Louis."
' The movement of the vessel at first
had almost been Imperceptible, but once
fairly started, the St. Louis swept down
the ways with the Irresistible rush of an
avalanche. The stern struck the water
cleanly and an Instant after the big
Vessel was floating on the surface of
uhe river. A big wave roiled over the
ends of the wharves In the steamer’s
wake, and many of the crowd paid for
their sight of the launch with a duck
ing. The St. Louis sped a quarter of
a mile out upon the river from the mo-
man-turn received on her slide from the
stocks, and waiting tugs caught her
and her anchor was let go.
AT THE LUNCHEON.
When the guests -had partaken of the
luncheon. President Cramp of the ship
building company, who sat at the head
of the table, rapped for order and de
livered a brief address. Clement A.
Griscom, president of the International
Navigation Company, then made a few
remarks, in which he eulogised Presi
dent .Cleveland and his asArtants In cre
ating an American navy. Mr. Griscom
formally introduced President Cleve- j
land, who safd:
’*1 would not be entirely frank If
I did not acknowledge the extreme per-
tonsl sitisfactioa afforded me by the |
re-ffjvnce Just made to the part which
feC3 to me. as a high duty nnd privilege !
Ipi the rtcvk: work of tfcxUdng nn
American navy and at the swne time
cumulating American shipbuilding. I
cuimo\ however, keep out of mind the j
f^*»nr tha; the grattfloition appro- j
pr’ad el y growing out of this occasion is
fco- h as must be shared by *very pa- \
friotic Aiqe.riean. and that the Import- ;
or.* event Jun taken place is of such ;
national interest 4bat it H fittingly w!;- j
ih -sed by the highest officials of our J
government.
”W> *1! fail to realize the full vie-
n 'Van - «•' whit we huae K-»-n f--
day if v e «n-v r ’.»-,k th* fie* that th*
cau^e of our coogratulatlj© peaches be-
New Orleans, Nov. 12 .-Tha eighteenth
annual session of the general assembly
of the Knights of Labor win convene In
Serewroen'e Hall tomorrow at 12 o'clock.
Governor Foster of Louisiana and the
mayor of Now Orleans will deliver ad
dressee of welcome on behalf of the otate
and city. All of the general officers, to*
gather with seventy delegates of the dis
trict assemblies throughout tho country
have arrived and are prepared for work.
The executive board. Wp, committee on
law. fiu^ce and credenflJla held sessions
on Friday and featurdtjV and have map.
pod out the Work for (he co..-,-—ttxi.
It Is possible that tho sesBl-fti wilt be
continued for ten days, as some very
Important measures well be acted upon.
The recommendation will be adopted
seeking Tor legislation that will be more
favorable to the workingmen.
Vice Present George W. Howard oi
the American Railway Union is In at
tendance and will be asked to make an
address. The delegates say there will be
strlko** 011 taie " 0n th0 ,M ° Pullman
It la expected that T. V. Powderly will
arrive tomorrow. The work of the con.
ventlon will be principally routine, with
the annual election of general oltlcera.
The delegates appear to bo heartily In
favor of re-electing Master Workman
Sovereign. The other officers may be
changed somewhat.
KOLITES WERE EXCITED.
Demanded Tbat Their Wrongs Be
Eigbled by tho Alabama
Legislature.
SQUABBLED ABOUT A NAME.
Hcr«ftft«r They Belong to the* People*!
Pony—Dr. Crowe Beys Borne
'Awful Things Are Likely
to Happen.
Mcmttromery. Ala.. Nov. 12.—Tho
ni2*Un« of Populists. Jeffersonians and
Republicans has 'been a disappointment
as to outward violent demoanstratlons.
The hall of the (house was asked lor in
which to hold tho converottan. This Gov
ernor Jones' promptly granted. Wien
tho hour came, however, they went to
Mif theatre instead of the capital. A
committee of. r&soluU’cma was appoint
ed, and after a eerlos of speeches ad
journed to 7 p. m.
The burden of the speeches has been
complaint of frauds in elections and a
demand for a change in states laws or
the enactment of stringent federal laws.
Kolb In his speech asserted that ev
ery Democratic congressman-elect from
Alabama, with the exoeption of Mr.
Clarke, would be unseated.
The evidences u-re strong from today’s
meeting that in future all elements of
opposition to Democracy In Alabama
wilt be under one name.
ALL IN A NAME.
At 7 o'clock tonight the K:»’.b con
vention .reassembled, and while await
ing the report of the committee.on reso
lutions an extended and heated wrangle
arose over the auesMon of rechrlstening
the party, which, in a partial report
from the'©pedal committee in the after
noon, had been dutobedi the People’^ and
Jeffersonian party. Thes result of the
evening’s argument was a wiping out
of the Jeffersonian part, and -the con
vention of Jeffersonians arid Populists
resolved, themselves into the National
People’s party.
It. was after 7 o’clock when Chair
man "W. H. Skaggs of the oonjmittee
on resolutions was yielded the sthgc and
began the reading of quite a, volumi
nous report, which began by congratu*
In'tlng the people of Alabama on the
rocent Populist victories in other states
•nd then «took uo the subject of alleged
paQot box stuffing. The report stated
tha: the' commbttee had «nt hand amnio
proof of all their allegations of fraud
4rv .tha t IA..1H _ * ,KI« IIaLaI w.a a
Governor Atkinson Aroused to Action
bjr tbo Lyuchiug at
Monlicello.
JONES I1IT6 MACON’S MIDWAY.
Bays Its »4k«*e>a \V«r« Wan* Yhii
Thos* «t <•*»« «go—The State L*g-
lulaium Awaktnui on <h«
Ballg Bcform gttNlioB>
KILLING NEAR REYNOLDa
One Ne»ro Shot Down by Another, Who
Fled.
Reynold*, Nov. I2.-lSp«cl<U.)-A negro
man namad Dick Walker was shot and
Instantly killed at Underwood 1 , mill late
Saturday avtnlng. It aeema that thl
fuss vu tha result of a drunken roe*.
He was shot by one Frank Harman, who
ha. recently served a term In the chain-
gang. Aa soon as Dick was shot Frank
Harmmt Bed and luu not been arrested.
IN THE SUPREME COURT.
Washington, Nov. 12.—Tho United
State, supreme court to-day handed
a number of minor decisions, none of
which were of Bpeclal importance.
Among them was or.o alDrenlng the de
cision of the circuit court of Arkansas
in tthe cose ot H. O. Allis, formerly
president of the First National Bank
of Little Rook, convicted in the stair
court of altering tho books of the bank
nnd appealed to the United Statea au-
j.reine court. Justice Brewatter read the
opinion, which was brief, and nfflrmed
the coovictbm of Allis.
POLICE FIGURES WRONG.
New York, Nov. 12.-The official re
turns of the vote cast for assemblymen
in the Ninth district, where the police
flgiin-s mode it a tie-between John F.
JIc.Derm.dt (Democrat) and II. C.
Baxter (Republican), were ranvaaseil
at the bureau of elections today. The
result shows that the police figures
were wrong andTSat McDermott was
elected by 100.
warehouse burned.
Colorado, T*« . Nov. 12.—The depot and
warehouse ot the Texas Pacific railway
at ttu. place was burned tonight. Lou
In that Kolb and 'his tloket was elected
last August nnd hud been counted out.
DR. CROWE EXCITED.
•At this Juncture' Dr. Crowe of Perry
county In.nn excited manned j>acd up
and down the theatre aisle and tie-
clsired that he should be seated even If
Bloodshed were necessary, tund that on
December 1 the people (Populists ami
Republicans) should meet In Montgom-
cry, and that If the state Interfered
with them 'there would be enough men
on hand to handle them. These revolu
tionary sentiments were backed tip In
stout -talks (by a number of men, until
Hkttggs finally resumed the reading of
the report, which went on’to say that
the evidence was at hand to prove the
fraudulent election of Governor-Elect
O-rtee, and that if the legislature did
not right the wrong tho federal cqp-
grass would be called upon and a force
bill demanded If necessary. 1
After rending the resolutions, Skaggs
spoke for two hours and simply drowned
out the Incendiary speakers, who were
applauded .to the echo. While tho more
conservative mem were listened to in
silence. The convention adjourned sine
die after adopting the report. Not a
Suggestion of a double-bt|Tcllcd legisla
ture or a/government Is contained In
the resolutions.
LABOR TROUBLES ENDED.
Colored Men alt Work on the West In-
i dla SUMmduipe,
New Orleans, Nov. 12.—Judging by
present appearance*, the labor trouble*
seem to-bo at end. Mr. Saunders, the
local agent of the Wuctt India'Steam
ship Company, has colored men nt
work on three st«i«jJilT»—the Will
iam Cliff ao Soudhport and the Barbu
dan and Floridian nt the Ueud of Nun
street. The police are Still on tho levee
In force for the alleged purpose of pro
tecting the colored laborers. President
Labouhwn df the Cotton Exchange was
seen by your reporter, and in reply to
tho question whether he had any In-
formation to import regarding the la-
bor trouble, said tint as far as he
knew, everything na proceeding mfi.
West India and Pacific Houmahln
Con>panor vs. the Screwtiwn’g Benevo*
lent AaBGttfation et al. wtta culled in
the United State* circuit court to-day
At the request of the defendant*, the
caacwas cotirln-ued until next Saturday
to enable them to prepare an oxujwer.
THAT ATLANTA COMPANY.
Its Case Against the Postmaster Will
Com* up To-Day.
Washington, Nov. 12.—Assistant AU
tomey-Oaatnjl Thomu-«, of tJio Post-
office Department has gome tx> AtlanU,
Ga., ,: to d^0Bi>i the pontmaster of that
city in a, Uoitirci Muites suit. The Pont-
office Dffyrttneut pronr/uncci tbu
JsquitaWn 2L<nn and Beourhy Company
c*f Atl.’uim a lottery scheme, and de
nied it tile use of the malls for its
registry find money orders. The com
pany hns brought suit against the poet-
master to co*npel h!m -to admit Its
correspondi'uce to ulu.* mulls, and tho
case comes up to-morrow.
CROWDS IN MONTGOMERY.
The Exposition, the Lotfskituixj and
Cotton Convention -the Attractions.
Montgomery, Ala.. Nbv. 12.—-Great
crows ari? he.-e to attend the exposition,
which has eo far proved a great rmo-
ceae. .
The Alabama leglshiture will convene
ot no>n tomorrow. Tho organfsatioo
will not be completed untU' Wednesday,
M the DemO'-rtijtlc caucuses for ofllcera
will be he'.d tomorrow night.
The oonventl*jn of cotton grovreno .to
coozI'Jer meins for limiting the crop,
will meet tomorrow st Jl o'clock. A
numfcer of decanters from diffm.Pt
states are alrtady here.
Atlanta. Nov. 12.—(Special.)— Gov
ernor Atkinson today made tin an
nouncement that Is strongly Indicative
of hte sejitfraants on lynching and the
policy he will pursue relative thereto
during his incumbency of the office of
chief executive of Georgia.
The governor has been seriously con-
elderlng -what policy wisdom and Justice
would suggest in the Monticello lynch
ing caise sine* the event occurred last
week, and chfe morning he made public
his conclusions.
"I.have decided to offer a reward otf
$500 for the first man oonvlcted of com
plicity In the Monticello lynching." said
the governor, *'aind $200 for each subse
quent conviction, be the number great
or small, if K breaks the slate, and I
never felt surer of anything In my life
that my course will be heartily ap
proved by the people and press of Geor
gia. It was aii outrageous affair, with
out excuse or'extenuation And no imen-
sure can be too harsh for the punish
ment of such high-hamded, bold anil
flagrant violation of the law of man
and of God. I am determined to have
every participant In this disgraceful af
fair arrested and convicted if the means
can be found to accomplish it.
The M’onticllo lynching Is fresh in
the mind-3 of the pcoiple.’A negro crim
inally assaulted a reapeotabledady iuxir
Monticello ft couple of weeks ago and
was arrested and identified, Judge Jen
kins, Jmm’edltt'tcly after the identifica
tion of the prisoner, convened court,
empanelled a Jury and putythe negro
on trial, furnishing h»m with oaunoel
and granting.hlm all the privilege* cus
tomary in'court trials. Tho prisoner
was fouuxl guHty by .the Jury in duo
form, after careful deliberation, and
sentenced by the court to hang on No
vember 30, scarcely three weeks from
the day of trial.
•While Che condemned man was being
taken from the court hou#e to the Jail
the sheriff’s $0SBe in charge was over
powered, tthe prisoner taken and hung
and ehot and his toddy terribly muti
lated In brodd daylight In the open
streets and oy unrnaaKed men, who
made no effort to cbncpal their identity.
In addition to offering tho rftwardj
stated above. Governor Atkinson will
CfUfcLUU WDUYV, VnlVtTiIIW .-VifVilWKJI* TVIM.
If n-jeesaary, qeM the attoro.y general
to the scene nnd employ additional
counsel to ibrltt^rohe lynchers to Justice.
THE MISSISSIPPI BOND CASE.
J.ick.tr?n. Ml.v. Nov. 12.—In the spe
cial ritrntOLie the talk Is that efXor'.a
are iheiux mad# to have the xrand Juty
rcooind Its action, refo.toy to Iral.vt the
Kovernor, auditor and treasurer and
brine in a true bill.
IN THE LEGISLATURE,
Mr. Jones of Dougiierty to-day came
to the front as the Dr, Porkhutut of
Uhe Georgia. House of Repraueatatlvea.
Mr. Jones was nmoua the legislators
wno wvut down uoLu'Ooon vwo (M ago
to seo the wonders of tthe Dixie Into
etatc Fair, and its Midway Plalsancc.
With toe fur proper Mr. Jones was
well pleasul. Ho ooneldcred ho hud rcJ
celved Ills mouey/s worth In that, /hut,
uuinapplly, hlu otherwise well spent duy
wan spoiled, by some of tbo uauglny
thluga on the ".Midway." fc i when tie
appeared lu the House thin morning he
wvut armed with it bill calculated tc
correct some of those little featurea q-.
the big show that had loft a dark
brown Impression on tala mind, so to
HI* blit refers particularly to the
Persian dancers on the ''Midway,'' and
Is ontlcld: “An act to muhe the dastse
an venttra or muscle danoe, da given
at the Dixie Fair, a misdemeanor It.
the state of Georgia.”
The stomudh dance, alt which Mr.
Jotted alms, created a sensation an It
wan given at the World’s Fair, l>u
txnno of those who discussed the damn
cxMbliRt at. jlawn lu view of Mr,
Joins' bill to-day nay the Id tier outdoes
the former In naughtiness.
Mr. Jones’ bill wan referred to the
proper committee.
A lot of local bills were read In the
House to-day, nnd sowrul of general
Importance.
air. HO-feulllet of Bibb Introduced a
bill authorizing municipal corporations
to give llnumokU old to the . extent ol
1500 to public libraries.
Mr. Dolctulllet atao Introduced bills
to appropriate 11,000 to 'the deaf aud
dumb asylum, to authorize tlhe trustees
of that Institution tu purchase certain
mechanical appliances aud also 112,00c
to erect new buildings at the deaf und
dumb asylum.
Robot reform still continues to at
tract tbs attention of tho JMtnakan
Mr. WtUInghoim of Moilroe to day In-
troduced an AuatraJlau ballot law. 1
provides thait the Oovnwr shall ap
point a registrar In every oouuty and
an ass latent registrar m every mllltla
district.
Mr. Went of Lowndes to-day Intro
duced a bill providing for the estali-
llabment of tt state book commission
to purchase all the books for us>* in
tho common schools, the proposed com
mission to be composed of th» pruent
state board of cducatloa and five ctll-
leOa
dnancellor Boggs will address tbe
LeglsHture next Friday night at «
o’clock. In pursuance of a resolution
offered by Mr. Mell of Clarke to-duy
and adopted.
Among the other bm* of general In
terest Introduced hi the House to-day
were the following:
By Mr. Houston of DeKfrb— Requir
ing street oar compntrtes to operate
closed cars between 'she whim or
October and April.
By Mr. .Simmons of Glyitn-To make
1200 lino or three months i» the clielu-
gang the minimum i- tmUy for e-try-
lng concealed weapons.
Uy Mr. Gray or Mr-uston-To author
ize the Cotr.ptroIler-O.VP-ral to appoint
one of the ratlroul com.nlDwt.-llWu ti
rrpreoe-M him la all dlepit-s in rASM
Involving the taxation >f rsliroodo.
Mr. West of Ixrwndest ob.tfrman of
the committee on education, to-day re-
ctsrxncnded the appointment of a com
miltee to devl.e; a plan for the c n-
tinuanco of the qo tr oriy 0 [
adsMt IMeteCwi'.tcrut the Imperfec
tko.i of tu* plan now In operation.
la the Son .to -to-fiay Ktnttior Br.vuxli-
AB Introduced j. bill wtou^h provides
for the iocdrporatlon at All ben«vOJont
:issocte^lon. Kivinjr tho of
ouch BMKMOW tho rifht to control
aiul bind out j»uch children a* mriy
ha\ie o>roo Into its cuotody. Tbe bill
oi«o allows thetie lnstitutlone a portion
t>f the fund.
Seiuttor Lewis introduced a rctsolu-
tJon for the uppoint<metK of ft Joint
committee to iavte&tlgatB the financial
condition of tlio Norihwestern railroad.
Senator McGre^oa* to-day withdraw
his resolution for the oppalntment of
n ixiliot reform committee, which
can sod sen much dUscusslou in tho Sen
ate luat week.
IN THE COMMITTEES.
The proposition to rwnove the selec
tion otf Judge* anU aolicltors from the
Legislature and place thait privilege in
tho 1 Kinds of the p«y>plc, was beaten
oas thv first round to-daiy. Byauuanl-
mou* vota, tiho general Judiciary com
mittee of the House tills afternoon
agreed to an advereo report on the
biM toy Mr. Henderson mf Forsyth pro-
vldlng for ei-cUon of tile Judiciary by
tbo people* There Is another bill in tho
Houc*v, giving the Governor tho power
to sippolm the Judlokiry. "This plan 1s
app.e-ently more approved by tho
UKUbtom than that af eSectTon by
the pcnjple.and If any ohonge i.3 mndo
It win probably bo to upixmjtment by
the Governor.
Tho finance committee this after
noon by a vote of 19 to IS reported
favorably upon the resolution of Mr.
Bifmon o$ Columbia to reduce. ,»tho
Bakwlcs of RAUraad Con%mh?8 Loeiers
from $2,500.to $2,000 after January, 1S96.
NoWco of a motion to reconsider was
given, however. ^
ROPER WAS BUELET PROOF.
Now He Proposed to Convict the Men
itVho tluot Him.
Atlanta, Nov. 12.-(Spec!al.)-A caso
with many clciucntn of deep and vo-
uiunt’.d imereat in It. yas oalied for
trial Ui tlio United Staten fcouk before
Judge .William T. Newuiau U,'l,iy. It
was tlio arraignment of 1U0 Uvv men
charged with tho imsault upyii Will
Iteper lu Murray oouuty. Tbe defend
ants are W. R. Morrison, J. TV Morri
son, A. r. Dune,m. uml .1. W. R n |,l.
Conaplracy Is the charge In tho Indict
ments against thorn. About, one hun
dred witnesses havo been summoned
and ibu case, which was only started
today,, ouo Juror heln-g nil Unit has
boon secured, wTU occupy a couplo of
■weeks.
About a year ago young Roper, who
wns suspected of being a rdvenuo In
former by tho mot/ushiuers of tho Co
lumn mountains, was taken from tho
hbttsn wileiv he was staying by n
band of masked men. Ho was carried
several miles aero** tho mountains, at
tho deaU of nlgUt to an.old iniuo.shaft
fifty foot deep. T'hc.’i llo was hound
and after being shot several times was
thrown into tho shaft for dead. , .
Roper was not dead, howover, but
lived at tho bottom of tbo shaft with
out food anti shot to pieces as ho was
for flvo days and nights. Up was
then rescued by a imnmtulnoer who'
wan bunting stray cattle. Ho was
brought to Atlanta for ireatiuent nnd
is now fully recovered from tho nwful
adventure.
II IDS BE ISSUED^
Rumor Says That a Loan Will Be '
Made Sonio Time This
Week.
INTEREST BATE HAS GONE UP
JT.w York Bank Pre.ld.at. H.t
Dt.ru,..d lb. Hall.r—Th. Trenary
OffloUt. s..m lo Ki.w Kolb-
lag A beat ih. Mall.,;
WILL MEYERS ON, TRIAL.
Case Begun and Nino ot tho Jurors
Chosen.
. Atlanta', Nov. 12.—(Bpeclal.)—Tho
Moyers caso wos called In tho supe
rior court today and tho trial ordered
to bo proceeded with by Judgo.Clark.
A motion for temporary postponement
on account of tho absenco 'of Import
ant witnesses was rnndo by tho de
fense, but overruled by tlio court. M.
T. Meyer.-: uml Eugene imil Gordon
Mitchell represent young Jloyors, who
nppenred in tho courL room neatly
dressed nnd apparently totally uncon
scious of tho gravity of his situation,
lion. A. S. Clay, a personal frloml of
Forest Crowley, tho murdered man, Is
assisting Solicitor-General Illll In tho
prosecution. When Cowrt adjourned
for tho day nlno Jurors hod boon ac
cepted.
Tho caso - Is attracting acop puhllo
Interest. It Is believed By mnuy that
a boy of 18, with n record ns good ns
thnt of Moyers up to tbo tlmo of tho
murder, would bo tncapablo of such a
deed, but so far ho Is tho only ono
whoso Identification with It hag been
established.
BIRD WAS POISONED.
Ato In "the Restaurant of the Csrnextt
> Company.
Pittsburg, Nov. 11—Another echo of the
famous Moment ran strike was heard to-
day by tha ault Of H. J. Bird for JV>,0M
damages against the Carnegie Steel Com
pany. The plaintiff, a non-union work
man. formerly of Chattanooga. Tenn., al
leges that he was poisoned while work-
Inr for defendants. Ho ato In tho fa
mous No. 6 restaurant and soon after-
\rard become sick. Ho was 111 until Jan
uary. 1803, and could not work, and aftet
thnt be could only work half time until
April last, when ho was dteaharged. Ho
claims to havo boon reduced from a man
weighing 1W pounds to soventy-slx
pounds.
NOT THERE FOR SENTENCE.
Ho Had Already Been Tried by a Higher
Tribunal.
Newark, N. J., Nov. 12.—Judge Kirkpat
rick was waiting In tbe circuit court to
day to pass sentence upon I'eter Bterce,
aged W. Jonltor of tho Lafayette Htrcol
Public School, who whs convicted on Sat
urday of criminally assaulting Albortlna
Martin, aged 13 years. In July last. Al
10 o'clock Trosecutor Crane announced
that tho defendant, who had been re
leased on bell In 12.000. hod been found
dead In bod.
It Is believed that Illerco committed
suicide, although Dr. C. H. Bleyle, who
was called In. gavo heart dlseaso a* the
cause of death. Mr*. Bierce, howover,
who stoutly molnalnod her husbands In*
nocencs of tbs girl'* charges, said: “Poor
Peter died of a broken hoart"
Wakhlnglon, Nov. 12.—In the g'b.
senco of President Cleveland, Mr! Cpr.
lisle nnd others of Hie cabinet In PhUsi
ndelpbla. today, there la a dqnrtli
news In the treasury department 'iM»Wt
thn alleged Contemplated bond |«iuo.t
There is. however, much gossip, Oykieh
lu the absenco of posltlvo lnfonnatlon'
is being passed around. No',tilnpury 1
oflielnl today Is willing to bo guolod’
us to a prospective bond lssuoj ' 'lira
truth of the mutter is that thuy know
no more noouT R tnun tho UhubUol
None of tho median,cal ptepaiju.ons,
for a bond Imiio are 'being uiaduiJu um
bureaus In which preparations' would'
originate. Nevertheless, by constant'
repetition, tho statement Is gaining be-.
Uef that tho president may havo i»gon t
tho mutter lu his own bain til without
consulting any ono lu tlra Criinbufy until
may havo luforuicd adsto oiie lu New..
York that a bond lssuo la In view.
At tho prcsuut time tho net balaneo’
In tho treasury Is if20,000,000 greater
than’ it wah In February last. The';
gold reservo Is nearly $(,000,000 less
than February 1.
The absenco of Assistant Secretary'
Curtis In Now York, in tho opinion' of
tho treasury officials, leads color to
tho poaltlro New York statements that
a bond Iksuo will bo made. At tho
sumo tlmo tho matter, as far as tho
treasury ottldnls go, i s O ho
bf .nforonco andl not of
knowledge. They sny that If bonds-
aro to )>• issued any tlmo within tho
next two or three months, now Is tho
time, as when congress convenes a
rodut ton, of which there aro now cev-
eral on the calendar, might bo called
up and passed Inhibiting tho secretary
of tlra treasury front, such a stop. No
doubt, scents to bo entertained of this
purpose on tho part of congress.
The statement made lu Now. York
on Saturday as follows ha« attracted
widespread attention: Yesterday Sir.,
Stewart and ono or two of hla *sso- :
elates, bank presidents, received a copy
of tho proposed circular, and Inst night
the draft was returned to Washington
with their approval.
This Is emphatically denied in, tha
treasury, but from the gome non res'
denials are made of a-bond lssuo at'
FJmirq* ofbttlnefi ati tho treasury,
glT-mc tho publlo debt of tho Unltei*
States aw mtofidittnff at thJa Hino Jn
View <rt tho nuppoaed possibility of
further IneraBMlnff tho debt fiy a tofind
Issue. On Fobrunry 1, 1801, tho puh
llo debt, stood IOCS,142,000, leaa cash’
In tho treasury $84,082,000. In fhrt
March statement fhe proceeds of tho
now bond Issue flmt appeared: Debt
April 1, $1,016,808,000: less cash In'
tho trPisury, $183,050,000. Debt No--
vember 1, $1,018,667,000; less cash lrt
tho treasury, $107,000,000. Or, In
other words, tho public debt of tha:
Unitcil fffates, less cash In tho trean*
ury, has Inereaswl from Fobrutiry 1*
18W, to -November 1, 1801, $81,000,000*
BANK PRESIDENTS MEET.
BLAZING COTTON.
Half a Million Dollars Loss at Now Or
leans Leat Nltfht.
New Orleans. Nov. 12.-The Texas Pa.
dfle railroad’s War cotton wharf on th«
other side of the river caught Are ir
some mysterious manner at 6 o'clock thit
evening. The entire wharf, which Is 80t
fest long, was destroyed and with it be
tween 25,000 and 29.000 boles of cotton.
Forty or fifty cars loaded with cotton
were also consumed, making about 23,WX
bales of cotton lost in all. Tho grain ele
vator had a narrow escape and was only
alisbtly damaged. The lots will exceed
pMMt
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Washington. Nor. 12^-For Georgia
Fair; warmer; south winds. _
New Yotit, Nov. 12.—Five presidenU ot
natlonul banks who are regarded as lead*
ore of tho bank presidents otf New York
city, met In tho office «/f Henry W. Can
non, president of the CSiase National
Bank, late today. They were Mr. Can
non, president Of tho Chase National;
Presidents Nash of tho Cora Kxohnngs
Bank, Topfran of the GaJbvtln National,
Hlmmons of tho Fourth National and
Williams of the Chemical Bank.
These gentlemen had attended a meet*
Ing of the building committee otf th<
clearing house aseooiatfton, and gathered
In the office of the Chase National Bank
to discuss the !m<»ondlng government
loan. The consensus of opinion was that
the bankers of Now York would give up
large amounts of gold for tho purchase
of the new issue of government bonds
It is expected that the investors will »uh«
ecritM* largely Cor the new bonds and the
banks will furnish to depositors freely
tho gold necessary to taKe the honds.
This decision is of importance, as the
banks represented at this conference,
with tho United fttats and Central Trust
Companies, hold the bulk of the gold in
New York. Preeitdk-nt» King, Btewart nnd
Olcott of the trust companies mentioned
have already extended to the admlnlntra*
tlon their assurances that the new issue
will be taken euro of. When the Febru
ary Issue wus made depositors had dlf<
Acuity in taking the gold from the
banks and many only secured legal ten*
ders, which wer* presented at the sub*
treasury to obtain gold. Tho government
thus failed to secure over 233,000,000 gold
for the $53,000,000 netted by the sale otf
$M,000,000. The decision of tJho bankers
to give up their gold freely will conse
quently net a larger amount of gold to
the government /t* the result of the
forthcoming $60,000,000. It is understood
that tho new iesuo will be Announce*)
within forty-eight hours If tho circulars
and subscription blanks can be prepared
In that time.
BANKS HOLDING GOLD.
New York, Nov. 12.—According to good
authority the government loan will be
issued as soon u the details ore perfect*
ed and the droulars are printed, prob
ably on Wednesday morning. The Issu#
will be $60,000,000 of 6 per cent, bonds, re-
deemohle In ten yearn, awl no upset price
will be fixed by the government. Ae
surances have boen received by the lead*
ers in the movement which warrant the
assertion that the issue will be largely
over-subscribed and bids will be on a
better basis than $ per cent. The banks
late today refused to make time loans on
bhe rates which have been prevailing, as
It Is expected that tho main portion ot
tho $6$,000,000 gold paid for the bonds will
be withdrawn from the New York banks
and trust oompanlrs. TYUs will raise th-j
rates -*f Interest, and in anticipation ol
thn th* banks ind trust companies do*
dine to loan money until the effect upon
Interest rates can l* fully ratcul-te. Ali
bankers concur in the opinion thnt the
withdrawal of nearly VAOuQ.OOO of money
from general circulation will have more
effect than In laat January, os there is a
better demand for money st present, and
the Improving prospects of business in-
loate a still greater demand when the
manufacturing for spring business be*
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