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THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
MACON. GA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER i, 1894.
ft Copy, S Cants
The Peaceful Ending of a Long and
Well Spent Public and Pri
vate Life.
THE GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION
fli»i.h.r>Cuur Wliteh Mas Had raw
FaraUal. Infwb.re, and Non. la
Aba Pablle Blilorr of «ba
Stale of Georgia.
AJSSanta, 'Not. 30.—(Special.)—Sowraii
E. Brora, ex-9cnator, ox-gororrivr and
es-cdof j\is:7c«, died at (his liome e
WuisMcctoa sitoeet this Qfltecnoon ;
2:20 o'clock, sunwmtel by bis farn.ly
pis derated w'fe. It's children and his
Aiudchildren.
Jonator liiwn 'las boon In feeble
IiAlii for tiro yoara p_a9t.'.CM late ho
ir.ifi Verar left his douse, nltUougli not
sutteStpg from osiy spwtflo malady.
Dcoill name ns the legitimate ending'of
a vrell shout life, the spirit vt the grent
Georgian passing out of it* wonted
sphere without .my outward signs of
the dissolution, at work within save
when fho eyelids drooped in their last
long sleep.
Yesterday Sena tor Brown was In his
burnt! health,, in fa<jt appeared to bo
soraewha t stronger and more energetic,
Irit this'morning early hp gave signs
of failhtg strength. 1 v.
The atlfending physloian rboognir.ed
Iho approach of the end and the fam
ily wns summoned to tliel bedside,
where they watched until the Angel of
Detail appeared.
Governor Atkinson this afternoon la-
sned the following prooiamaf.on:
Shite of Georgia, Executive Office,
A'itoBta, Nov.. 30, 1894.—It is w'th
deep regret I announce to the people of
Georgia too death of Hon. Joseph K.
Brown, which occurred at his resi
dence in this city era this nay. Sjicb
his installation ns governor of ibo
state,-ju^t thirty-seven years ago,,Jt Is
not too much to My that no Georgian
lias occupied so much of public ntien-
tian or exerted so potent an inUuenec
U|ieu die destinies of the stale, for
four terms ho was oloctcd goveruor,
and two of tfccso terms covered the
most eventful period in the history of
Hire oomiuoaiweultli. After the war be
tween the states ho presided ov«? our
snpreme trench, and in more recent
years rep resented Georgia as senator
In the congress of the Uni toil States.
Ha serv-'ccs in all tlieJe positions was
cbaracterlswd by milked ability nud
unsirervlng devotion to his people.
H's princely benefasaoii of Bfty thous
and dollars to the St do University for
the education of too poor and ambitions
boys of Georgia is a monument to h's
fame that will outlive oul creations In
biuss or nrarWOw As a testimonial of
respect and honor to his memory, it is
ordered that the state flag be displayed
n> half mast on the capltol. and that
d. e offices of the executive department
Ire closed on the day appointed for his
obysiiulcs. w. Vi Atklnsot,
Governor.
X sketch OF HIS LIFE.
JosepheJ&mo.-soo Brown was born In
Pickens OTtHct. Foutb Carolina, on the
15 to day of AjprtL 19th and was. there-
fore, 70 years oY. *ir© •>» hia last blrtn-
day.’ His dflncefctoro were Scotch-Jrteh
Presbyterians. who-, emigrated to this
:ountry in 1745. They Settled in Virgin
ia. bin afterward removed to South
Carolina. Joseph Brown, the grand-
fLithier of Senator Brown, was a revolu
tionary whig, and sustained rhe cause
■with his swprd. flgthinjr at .King’B
mountain, Camden and elsewhere. Hie
eon MaKackey Brown, the father of
Senator Brown, moved' >to Tennessee,
and, itbe «war of 1812 coming on, eiV
1 feted under Jackson in Carroll's brv
pdde and lough* at New Orleans.
The war over, he returned to Ten
nessee and married Sally Rice, whOi-e
ancestors hhd emigrated from England
to Virginia 'and then’moved to Ten
nessee. Shortly afterward Mackey
Brown and ilia young- wife-returned
to South Cnrolna and went to farming
in Pickens district, where.eleven'chll-
dien were born to them; Joeeph Emer
son being the eMest. Before the latter
was grown tp^.^Jtood Mackey Erown
ny>Y¥d again,' thts time settling In a
little valley cal^' t Guddlstown, in
Union county, in this state.
IIES early’ STRUGGLES.
•Young Brawn remained at home, do
ing 'the ordinary work of a fiirmer'd
son, varying Cie monotony wrxh euch
stouy as AO could'find time and oppdr-.
tiudty for, until 1810. In the fall of that
y»ar, being then over 19 years of age,
ID obtained hlH father's comment to
leave home and see wha* he could do
in iho way of. getting an education!
and generally bettering his condition.
\\ ith a fair supply of home-made cloth-
l .g and a joke of steers he sought
lie Calhoun academy In Anderson dis
trict, ijputh Carolina, where -the price
• mi • steers Ia said t<> have been the
e. pilve lent ior six months’ board, the
tutitten being given on credit. By
teaching cehool in vacation, and with
tfc i assistance of good friends he man-
j: ,cd to fit hlmnetf for an advanced
cl us in oOttefcv, though he was unable
tc become a student on account, of his
want of money.
lie rdumred to Georgia In January,
IS 14, aaaj otpvaod run ceadesny in Canton,
C.- i-okee county, for the double pjr-
i•(C eirotag sufficient money to pay
gU h!s Sou'th C'arcVUnu CiaW&tfeH and of
oLntfrilug a.l€iga« education during the
t! \'j$ not ne^oAiarWy dovored uo his pu
pils. So successful yas he tlmt he was
or Abe Id to iiiicobt&njue h!« sohrx>I at the
cii of th-e ytur and repay hi« South
Ciftliiiu (riend*. «ltocn he took ooca-
to visSt. a4l the money they had
advanced titai. Durlnc 1845 he con-
t; ue«l (hie law biudles at Omnb>n, teach-
i' ;‘.e b^s bourd, the oKOdren of his
•. rd. Dr. John W. Lewte. w»hom he af-
i. i!.v;>i ;i. nimcmtoered t>y sippoitiCing
him - ' \ r.r.uv.d»-.nt of the SAte road
p,:jI th£-n CoUddderale Statec seeiotor to
fill a vaciccy. ;:
his: admission to the bar.
He wto* elknisted tlie bar in Au-
184j, after a seuatAfins CafianRna-
t> u. ibut he was not yet aitisfieil with
hM ' profici'Oaoy. With tnxiey loaned
him toy laEs frldmd, Dr. Lowi«, he en
tered the Tln/w scho»>l of Yale C<>lleg;» in
October, 1S45, uind romuinca there until
June, 1848, ynafitiirg l>y the lectures <»f
such Instructors ns Professor Silllmnn,
Dr. Kinigiht, Dr. Ttnyioir aaivl others. He
immediately rdtruruAi to Canton, und
witch hie Yafle d^plounh, scarcely nec«rs-
sary to tk-lEorrmine .his flltuv.saw for hU
chorfcm tprofitteion, bg:A<n. the practlc of
law -chain six yt-urs after he hn<l
loft GaxJdflstown with his yj'ke of steers
to gat an eii’uc.utaan, the rudsments of
which be hald yet to >atn. lie was
euooesaTui from the begiranlhvg, suippoort-
uj-g himself »the first ye-.ir lend doing bet
ter Hhe io-rgvr h-e eomtin-ued.
The ntxt year (1817) ht‘ married Elisi-
aibefch Grtsham, ilaiugihter of Rev. Jo-
sepph Greshwni, of Boufth Curoftlna, who
his presided cA r e: ihls howsihold and
sUnairx^d the fortumite rdtu ms of his
eventful life for over forty /ears.
The youmig ilawye«* drfcflted intb poli
tics wdoer tihe faahoan of so nniny of
the yaurtg Sawycm of that time, anVl in
1849 received the Democratic nomina
tion for oenatJor from the district com-
posec of Cobb and Cherokee counties.
He defeated hia opjponer.'t, Gal. John M
Edge, by a dccldfcd nvijority. lie soon
became the leader b>f his -party in the
senate. He was elected judgv> of the
superior co*ut In 1855. The opposing can
didate was Judge Ba.vld Irwin, an old
Wh'jg wind Union man. At that time
‘'ICnc.SnigiPm’’ woe at its height,
and Mr. Rr.jwn vigorously opposed It.
The comterit wns n long and bitter one,
and Mr. Brown was elected to the
benefi -by a imajoiryiy of nearly 8,COO
votes. He remained an the ban oh but
twt> years.
•Sometimes men make opportunities,
but often they are thrown at them. It
is strictly within bounds to say that
Senator Brown had nothing to do with
his ftret rromi nation for governor.
When Samuel .Well, then of Cahton,
now practicing law In'Atlanta, rode to
. Senator Brown’s house about sundown
m June. 15, 3857. -to tell him that the
Democratic candidate for governor was
“Joseph E. Brown of Cherokee,*' tno
nominee himself was ns much sur
prised aa any man in 'the sti»te. When
tho DemacreTuc state convention of 399
delegates met at MllledgevllJp to nom
inate a p^jyernor under the two-thirds
rule, five genthomen offered ns candl-
dates. They were John *H. Lumpkin of
Roane, James Gardner of Augusta,
Rr/?ry G J#m»r of Macon. Hiram
Warner of" Greenville and William H.
Stttefi Savannah. Twenty Mllota
were taken, running into the afternoon
of the third day. No one had reached
even' a majority. A-t one ballot Lump
kin hadreceived 183 votes, but he
could not hold them, nnd no..other can
didate b#d received ho many. At tills
Juncture William Hope HuU of Athena
moved that a committee of twenty-four
three being chosen from each of the
eight congressional districts/ If ap
pointed to report a* method of Kettle-
men t to tnj convention, so thrtt a nomi
nation might be speedily made. The
motion preveiled, and the commute*
was 'appointed and retired. Tf was
drst proposed that a b.vUot for gov-
mor. should be taken, but while the
>allcts were being prepared Linton
Stephens moved that Judge Joseph E.
Brown be proposea.' as a candidate.
This was done by ajoclamution, and
the matter waw softled. It Is stn-tod
upon authority of WMIUm How Hull
and J. A. Taofcer. totb members of
the committee artd both now dead, that
a count of the ballots, made Out of cu
riosity, showed a majorl tv for Alfred
H. Odctui-tt. The know-nothing convon-
tlon made Ben.timin H. -Hill the noml-
nee of that party for governor. Both
t0 j k - tJ,e ^tniwp, sometimes
together and sometimes nlone. and
“SU 7 ost pelting and acrimonious
contest, In which the Democratic can-
himself nnd his cause
w th marvelous ability, he was elected
by o\er teir tHouennd majority.
He removed to MtWod^eville am! re-
' cfliaw of Wie state’s affairs
office S fll ^ y <50Prived him of
The IDcnnocrniti-c convoitfion- of 3859
ren>*imfmited Gov'enn^r Brown by accja-
matfknk The opposition put Warren
,n t ] le 'field, «md he was beaften bv
20.000 votes, susitlalninig defeat in his
own counjty. He managed state affairs
Successfully, and tniruje tihe state rnit-
roatt pay the sta'lie as much a* S400.000
a.year. After the trend of affairs be
came so decMkday ,wu.rlKke he called the
conven-tkm w’h'toh a seed the ordinance
>f fjcciwslon.
nurlng This last war term'arose the
conflict between Governor Brown a-n-d
1‘resdilen't Daiviis over the conscription
fl'c't, to Whlldh the former was blttertv
oppf^ed» ,
Nb coni’entl’ion waa da Bed to nomin
ate a swr.espor to Governor Brown, but
Joshua Hill oinrl ThntoChy, Furlow wore*
onr.oiMK-ed Iby frlamde, and although
the 'governor had lrwt many friends and
undo no camnalpn, he wus elected over
TTI11 and fturatjw toy a majoodty of more
thnn 8.000. -
With the begi-rniimig of 1864 Georgia
Ijccame tho center of the Confederacy,
and contenrUng nnnles fought on ‘her.
soil. An extra season of the Jf-glsla-
ture. bfigian cn Maeih- 10th, and Gov
ernor Brown pent 4n a stong message
ng&lmot. the -war imousurcs pf congress,-
om» enlarging the coaraorlption act to
Include ‘tho aees of 17 to 50. and the
other eu.»r»ouilI-rHg the writ of haBfes
corpus. ResoJirtloaifi dc^dlaring the rus-
p/nslon act- unc^nwti-buiiiontil pif^-.xl
both ibraucheis ‘of the Icigialature by
small- majorjiiJiM. Prote^« followed
from Alahamla, North .Carolina and Mi«-
iii.-wippd, nir.»l the next ConfbUerate cm-
gre#w refused 1 tn-aomi'Urvue fho KUi^e^ion.
During the e.'.mr^ton which ended m
the n*n)Oval of Goa JVstogton and th«?
f ill of Atlanta, bh^re mr* nofo^i
Plate milftia in the flekl. JPreMd'-nt
Davis, -Umyusrh bis eeitretfairy of wur,
made a renuteician f-)r bh«T*e mna upon
Governor Brown, who refused to honrr
it. A Mo!r r ted <orreiso*nd- »n^:e ensued be
tween hm ami Se-reto-ry 5ksMen. It
was his latd ooUirtion willh the ndmfnlc-
tration. aj:d w« Mpiritoi acs amy vehj' .i
preceled It. These dlfforvmioefi led Gm.
Shermn-mhJto fhe erro inippodlnf that
Governor Erown favored separ.ir.e fttate
hot.Ion and of ltfvltSng» thr.>ngh Josnua
Hill, a contSertfiOe w^xlch Governor
Prorwn deettnod. .. .
Date in Nbvember the executive ae-
partment wa a <ybl!g»*d to leave Msl-
le<ige\dUe for a time, owing to Sher
man’s advance. Th*- legisliture met in
Macon Feb. 10, 18G5, and Governor
Erown, in his meaaage, freely criticised
President Davis, opposed the using of
slaves as soldiers, pretiaed the aban-
iionsnjcsnt of the conscription policy,
and advised the caHing of tt convontiou
of the Southern States. Nothing was
done, and the w.nr ended. Governor
Brown tjurrenilerod the __st»te troops
and was paroled. He then called an
extra, session of the legislature to meet
May 22. He waA arrested, oftrvled to
Washington city and, after & few
weekfc’ imprisomneat, r»* leased. Tho
legislature was not allowed to meat,
nor Governor Brotrn to further dis
charge the duties of Bis office. To make
the reoogd complete, however, hi re
signed on June 25, 3865
During recoiietruction ho co-operated
with Northern Republicans, and
waa a delegate to the convention
which nominated Prosfdent Grant. The
same year iie was the Republican can
didate for (Tie United States* senate,
and was defeated. The same year be
wus appointed dhW Justice of the »u-
preme <x»uft. HV>- held this position un
til 18?C’ when he became president of
tno Western and Atlantic railroad,
whidb bad been lea**ed from tho state
by a co-mpany.
The acquiescence, farced though It
was. of the Democratic party in the
results of reoomitruotlon and the ac
ceptance of Horace Oreoly as the can
didate for pr?8td<-»rt afforded an oppor
tunity of which ho availed htmself. He
voted for Gredy, and came back into
tho Democratic party. He wn a strong
Ttldvn man In 1876, and went to Flori
da to try to save that from tho
returning -Iviard. which finally suc
ceeded in stealing four votes for Hayes.
Gen. John n. Gor<km resigned hl'»
seat In the United States senate In
May. 1880, and Governor Co^iuitt tm-
vh'e vacant pMee to hold office until
the meeting od the legislature. This
mediately appointed Senator Brown to
actinrj was resented by a very large
number of Democrats, so that the state
convention held in 'Atlanta in June.
18S0. w r as unable to renominate Gdv-
ernor Colquitt under the two-thirds
H* H recommended him to the peo
Plo while the, minority of the eonven-
won put Torwao-d ex-Senator Thomas
M. Norwood., These were the only
candidates, and upon the Issue of the
canvass depended in a very Urge moan-
uro the poCiticaJ fortunes both of Gov-
erno-r Colquitt, nud Senator Brown.
on ovwrwh^firiflng vlc-
I«P,uf or b<>lTl ’ QttVttnor Colquitt leafi
ng hie oponent over 54,000 votes. bfu:t-
%*£!?} H*5* ly l o W0 tr> on °- Senator
Brow.n a confirmation to hi a senatorial
<*oiat Datura.ly follosved, he receiving ]40
}° t G * f?* K * Lawtbn. Six
years later he waa re-elected, there be
ing only two votes cast agalpnt him. As
a senator lie wa» earnest, wakchful, pa
tient and diligent. Ho unlfonn.’v acted
with the Democnitlc party, except that,
he favored a nigh protteCiflY® tariff and
.was oppo«t>(l t') tihe conltlmuance i»tf tthc
internal revenue sysutn under any cir
cumstances. It wao claimed by. the Ro-
pubHmmR that 'he w\)u!d vote last win
ter for the senate ouibstlliiuite for the
Mills iblll, but, while he euippprted
arwre bf the emwalte mnKunclimeiita, he,
with tihe cither Dcmocraim, voted s01 Idly
against the RqoubMcan measure.
Sonajtar Brown comnDonc^l s»iArlri'g
whem he findt beigan the pructlco of lav/
In Cantvxn. A little ^nivesunnentt of $1G0
G't thaf eoirly day in a pDece o<f land la
0aJd to have (made hilim $25,000 from a
half interest in a.coftpar tmine \>n it. In
this may he bdgun acoumiul:«iting what
H now «,n inwneinise fortune. His ln-
vesUrente arc laiiTge, In real estate in
Atlanta hind elsewhere, In iron, hnd coal
mined, 1n mlloadis, <ainid so on 1 . Besld/s
bfiling iprei^ideinit of the Webtoatl lunfi Alt-
lairftio raJlosfi. ihe tts al»j pres!Han't of
the Dndle Ctoal Cotmjpamy, of the Wa-lker
Irtwi amd Coal Cocnipniny, und of the
Souffllem Railway amid Btedinshlp Afl-
noclatlon, arid ks director In oMcr com-
panlbs. He never ihhd to learn t> make
money; for he aft ways knew how arid
iicrwr- imafile n nnhstake. But added to
his inatuml nlbdllby, which few posset-a :
he was frugal, Industrious and painfl-
taking, as aR may be.
THREE NEGROES BURNED.
Set a Guardhouse on Fire iu Hope of
'Escaping.
Chat^oRe.vN. C„ Noy- 30.~Three ne
groes were burned to, death In the
guardhouse at Polkton, N. il, shortly
after midnight yesterday. Henry But
ler aiid Oscar 'Thompson stole a cow
and took It to Monroe. They were ar
rested oil suspicion, and brought to
Polkton for examination. The two were
placed In the guardhouse there to be
sent 'to Wadesboro, later. Another ne
gro, Hump May, accused of stealing
shoes,, waa also iu the guardhouse.
About 1 o'clock many citizen** were
aroused from their slumbers by heart
rending and excited screams and
knocklngs from .the • guardhouse. Men
naste'ned *o the plu.ee. Bmoke and
tlam-OM burst from tho interior. The
groanlngs and screams' hushed. Noth
ing could be done, though efforts were
made to 'break In the Jail. The build
ing wae small but very , strong and
burnf, being all of wood, v>ry rapidly.
After t!*e house burned the charred
remains were taken from-the embers.
Evidently the negro*** bad tried lo
burn their way 4>ut, and Cosing control
of the fire, brought upon . themselvee
their own destruction, and nothing was
left but tho ghastly remains to tell of
the tragody.
In the.oarly morning the mother of
one of tlie negroes came here to bring
breakfast to her boy. She had- not
heard of his horrible fate. She passed
on down the street, carrying the break
fast to the-JuirSt bones of her som. The
sight was very sad and many te,tro
fell from eyes which followed her
movements.
MAGNETIZED AjN ENGLISHMAN.
Au:u!o AMkiL\ tho Goortfa Wonder,
Has a New Husband.
Philadelphia, Nov. 30.—A marriage
lias Just been made publ o hero wb' ch
wltU <?s|K<3lally interest Georg.aus. The
principals ui the 'ceremony wore Ann'o
Abbott, botrer kauuTU as “the Georgia
Magnet,” aud J. C. ilea me, a hand-
80me yonug EaglSsliumn, who claims
Li ViCffipOQt «« his home.
They 1 wert* murr.eil sovAril} days ago
very (jir'ctly awl the news of the event
has Juki leaked out. Thau pair aro
Hpundihi? their lw>neymo.ou in this city,
wluarv tJv*> brifi(3 is underp> ! nq; treat-
iffi/nt for o malady wli « !t makes 1 fe
u burden to ln*r, aiul which halites mod-
:rtil skill, os does the wonderful power
which efiables her to laugh to scorn
the strongest man nnd push him about
ihe stelae ns Uiougli iie were a 11 tile
child.
The mysterious, malady which Affects
Mrs. Ilo.ime rriifi.-N her at t'me6 tic*
opuociQUM and she falls to. the iloorl Mho
rexlizes til it she 8 'J1 l H'.M'iOUS conil 1 *
tion, and muiounces that she w il give
any pfysican 110,000 wlvo will drive
out of her liead Hv.it myaier'.ous fore**
tlwt lws en.nhle*l her to coin dollar.-: nil
over its? world, i"' , ‘ which Is now link
in'? life a tninlao ro Imr. To find that
physician wire has o>mo >to Ph* ladelpth a.
Mrs. Heorne tveSlcves Hint it is her
prcol’jir TiMgn/itic power tlm-t has can-
ceirfmtefi in h*T head and is now caus
ing her uatrtJd ngony.
The Liveliest Debate Which the House
Has Seen During This
Session,
THE FAYETTE COUNTY CONTEST
WENT THROUGH y V BRIDGE.
Montgomery, Nov. flO.—A specld to th*
Advertiser report* a fatal accident at tho
I.ouiaville -an<l Nashville brl ige acrortt the
Caihxba river aixlesn miles south of Dlr-
mlngham. A freight truln b*v>k*» la <-ao
and the two auctions collided on the
bridge. Six cars and iho r&botvj* went
down Into the river. Conduct'*- W. D.
Adam* and Flagman Arnold went down to
the wreck and both were fat. 1 '/ Injured.
The bridge waa a wbetantlal Iron tre,
but the collision wu too much fc-T to
bear.
Mr. Hewlett Hall Favored the Adoption
of the Minority Kteport on Legal
fifSBmU-dlolwgi of the Dny
in the Senate*
Alkmta, Nov. 30—(Sp>aiaU—The
exo fing ,i> v bite of the session
took pttos r n the house today over tiie
k cootewted tdoo0on from Fayetto coun
ty. A majority yepart in favor of suit
ing A. 1\ Bialik*, tiio Democratic con
testant, tt'iul a tnSnortty reporr against
Gie scui.'ng of *Mr. Blalock was sub
mitted by tihe Qommllitoo.
Of oornso ihw mlmorivy report was
e'.gnod by fho Populist mombors of tho
privilege* ««t elootloas committee, nl-
thouffh iho iKimo of one Democrat--Mr.
Trice of Lumpk'n—also upiwared upon
if. Mr. Price, however, offered a state-
ment sottUjg fftrtb that (ho'signed Hie
mnorlly report* lx»ausa ho was not
ptweint when tho oonuniUee adopted
tho nvlns under which the P\tyotto
county case wtis t/.ed by tho commit-
, toe. For this reason be thought tlio
request mado by. tlio minority reivort
that ttho case bo referred back to tho
com ml l ice with t*crU‘n iustruct lmiw
should bo grafted.
f Kie ground upon wlT.ch tho Populists
based itihelr oompti'nt and upon which
they asked a new trial wan that tho
committee had rofus?d to consider ovi-
donee whldi would have resulted in
tho continuance of Mr. Cook, tho Pop
ulist, in ftiis se.it, haxbitso th‘s evidence
was not obtri-'mxl py the ooifteatGO
WlthCn die thirty days stipulated in
tho code. Tlio committee he.fi, after a
lonig discussion, agreed to conduct their
/rivcefjgatlous the regulations
held downdh i|js cvx^/although it wns
commonly convyl^d by both sides that
the bouse Was the sole judge of the
ejection arvj v|ual!flcufion of Its own
members rcwifftfess otuirj’ writteu law
oiu the s^Jcct
In tho FViyetfo case the Popul Kts
claimed iQuat Mr. Coo!; was unable to
gain uocesfii tx> ilm baBo'j boxe». to bike
testimony therofnm, becatwe cf tho
fact that until three liiys before tlio
thirty days’Jjnht had Jjfcpired tin.*clerk,
wi-th. itbe PoaW,'d :ji fur-
nlsliin-g twtlmony for 'Mr/ RlhTock. th6
contestumt. In othtvr words, the Pop
ulists claimed that their man had been
boa t en by a game of “froezo out.” For
this -raiaon they (.rgueil the. house
Shotila onleir the com mitres to go lrack
and liooh* Onto the evidence tlmt had
been rejected.
■Mr. BHi lock's majOitty was reported
as elgihtet*n, at bn* the committee got
ttroufih with the invesrlgdtlon. He
was swvnn 'n by OhUrf Justice Simmons
Just iK’fore the house adjourned nt 2
o’clock.
Mr. Hogan of L/tnioln was the Pop
ulist champion oil the minority report,
while Mr. Hewlett Hall of Coweta was
tlio only Democrat who took the floor
in its favor. Mr. G^lfiu-Ji of Bartow
(PopUil'fjt) also nuide a speech Jn favor
of tJie mi'uority report.
The speakers who championed the
Democratic report were Messrs. Hattie
Of Muscogee, Giles of Houston, Reagan
of Henry, Rockwell of Chatham,
Barnes and Foyarty of Richmond. Mr.
Harrison of Qultfuau, chairman of the
committee, closed the debate Ui a twen
ty-minute Speech after the previous
question had been railed, this time be
ing allowed him under tire rules.
The speaker* were all pretty much
on vthe same llno-xthat the committee
had aqtcd under rulies In Which tile
Populist nuomibers of the committee not
only acquiesced, but largely helped to
make, and which they willingly abided
as long aa Tt worked well for their
cause; that the action of the committee
was in accordance with the rules laid
down by 'tile .code, and their report
should be sustained.
Mr. ‘Blaqkwel), In his speech, declared
that if the report of Ihe committee wa«
repudiated he would not only resign
from the committee, but would resign
from 'the houae.
Mr. Hill, who argued the minority
ro;>»>rt, took tho poeitlon that It wns
not only contrary to tihe letter and the
spirit of the law to exclude tho evi
dence uhh-h was sought to be Intro
duced ill Mr. Cook's favor, before the
committee, hut thn>t such a ruling wan
unfair and partisan. Mr. Hall cited
the code, read the act of 1893 reflating
b cleotlon contests, and Introduced
other high authorities to nuMialn his
poslgTon, chnflenKing contradiction on
the ffiov of the else, and dcclarng that
he would do the right an he saw it
wi‘th<-ut prejudice or partisanship.
Tho gem-ral registration bill will be
cmsidoiM as the 01*0* lal orfiej for to-
morrow. If was displaced today by tho
pontroversy over ihe Fayette county
contested election ftise.
vftvend imp / >rtan»t new bilit* were in
troduced today.
Mr. Broyles of FuHon Introduced one
•to prohibit the clerks or report^-rs of
the supcymt.> court from practicing be
fore that tribunal.
Mr. Eoyott of Stewart— 1 To prevent
the spread of gland^T*, by requiring
the governor to~ Immediately send a
veterinary surgeon to any p!doo when
^itlsfled of the existence of the din
<';.~e at that place. The diseased ani
mals are to be JriKod and the state to
pay 75 iv-r cent, of their value.
Sir. Holland of Cobb—To repeal the
penalty now imposed on telegraph
companies for failure to deliver a
message, the bill being designed to give
nmiM towns telegraphic facilities.
Mr. JK)W of Liberty (HepubClcan)—
Arnend!ng’ the road law so thalt it shall
not apply to persons urltftr 1$.
Mr Brormnn of Fulton-Making the
penalty for violation of the whlaky laws,
for a second conviction, a fine if not
less than 134* and imprisonment not less
than six months. Also to authorise Jus-
tle^s nt tho peace to Issue warrants for
viols Mon of whisky laws without an af-
agency in thlp state from 135.000 to $1,000.
The bill, Mr. Venuhle says, will not affect
bis other bill, which simply licenses in
surance brokors.
Mr. Cummlng’a bill to provide for the
levy and sale of property when the de
fendant In fl. fa. bas nn interest thrreln,
but who do not hold tho legal Title.
Senator Monro paid he thought tho bill
a very important one, aa It affected mrst-
ly tho farmers of tho state, llo opposed
its passage because it took away land
as a basis of credit, llo moved that the
first and fourth sections be stricken out.
Those sections allowed levy and rale on
equity interests at any time and puts the
general creditor on tho same footing as
the men who holds a mortgage.
Senator Gumming explained the purpose
of tho bill, and did not think It would
iiave tho effect Senator MonrcyJiought it
would. Ho thought tho bill a*good one.
It only provides for tho salo of tho equity
of redemption.
Senator McGarity favored the bill. If tho
first and.rourth socllons wero stricken
out. He thought the bill discriminated
against iho fanning class.
Senator Store opposed tho bill unless
tho first and fourth sections were strick
en out. He thought it would work a
great Injury to tho poorer class of debt-
Senator Brand spoke in favor of tho
passage of tho bill and opposed tho
amendment to strike out. He thought the
bill was really in favor of tho debtor
class.
Senator Harris favored tho amendment
as proposed by Senator Monro. Without
the amendment It would make iho people
reluctant to make loons on real estate.
Senator Lumpkin favored tho nussngo
of the amendments—he thought bonds for
titles ought to bo niado tho subiect of
levy and sale.
Tho amendments proposed bv Serator
Monro were adopted and tho bill ns
amended was passod.
SENATE CONFIRMATIONS.
Those of Judge Ross and Professor Pol-
lock Modo Yesterday.
Atlanta, Nov. 30.—(Special.)—Tho senate
in cxeoutlvo session today confirmed the
appointment of Judgo John P. Ross ns
Judge of the city court or Macon. There
waa no Objection made to the confirma
tion. Senator Harris was in his seat,and
although it was thought that he would
raise an objection because he was an
advocate of Mr. Moore, the bar candidate,
he did not do so.
Tho senate also confirmed tho eq point-
men t of Professor Pollock as state school
commissioner. It la understood that Pro
fessor Pollock will reappoint M&J. R. J.
Guinn assistant commissioner. M&j,
Guinn has been a most competent n.an
In the office and his appointment will be
a deserved compliment to him,
IN THE SENATE.
Senator Vanable Introduced a new In
surance bill today. This one reduces the
deposit required of coropomes having an
SENTENCED TO HANG.
Adolphus Duncan to Pay tho Extreme
Penalty of the Law.
Atlanta. Nov. 30.'—(Special.)—Judge Rich-
ard H. Clark today sentenced Adolph
•'Duncan to hAng on January 11 for nuk
ing a criminal assault upon Mrs. Manner,
a reepoctaJble white woman living In the
northern suburbs of the city.
In i tasnlhg sentence Judge Clark said:
"Brutes guilty of this awful crime should
meet with the moat speedy justice. There
should be no delay In putting the tna-
ohlnery of the law In operation at once
in such instances.
*Tf the superior court Judge* of Geor
gin, should, when speh a crime Is com
mtttedvcall a special session of. court and
give the accused a speedy trlaV jpiiL J£
convicted, sentence such fiends Co speedy
death, there would soon be littlb o
lynching In Georgia for tho crime. The
slowness of the courts in .Administering
justice la largely to blame for the peipJe
taking summary vengeance upon such
fiends.’’
Judgo Clark’s arraignment of Dunean
was terribly severe.
In conclusion Judge Clark admonished,
tho negro that he had better spend thd
limited ttmo a Holed to him on this earth
In preparing for h1s death.
EDITOR8 ADJOURN.
Atlanta, Nov. 80.—Tho Southern United
Press Association held a chort session
today and adjourned. This afternoon Me
members of the association and all vis
iting newspaper men wore taken into car
riages to the Cotton States Exposition
grounds. They found much of Interest
there and''obtained. a good Idea of tho
magnitude of tho exposition.
WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE CONVENTION
Atlanta, Nov. * 30.—Tho Atlanta Equal
Suffrage Association held a meeting here
today to arrange for tho reoopti m of
the National Amerlron Woman’s Suffrage
Association, which convenes here on
January 31. Th* headquarters of the’na
tional association will bo at the Aragon
hotel and the meetings will be old In
DeGlve’s opera houee.
AT BARNEBVILLE.
A Tha-nkeglvlng Dinner—Sportsmen Have
Succcas—Accident to a Nrgro>
Bamcsvllle, Nov. 30.—(Special.)--Last
evening tho palatial homo of Mr. and
Mrs. A. O. Murphy on Thomaston atreet
waa tho scene of a very swell affjiir. The
occasion was a six o’clock dinrier given
by Mr. and Mrs. Murphey In honor of
the‘r Intimate young friends. Tho din
ner was one of the most sumptuous ever
served In this city. Oysters, wvlatls, tur
key, cranberry sauce, cakes i nfi wines
were served In abundance. In fact every
thing to satisfy the appetite of the In
ner nruui was spread before the assem
bled guests and they remained around
the banquet table for some time enjoy
ing a teast of reason and a fly cf soul-
delightful music rendered by Misses Lena
3watU and Arlle and Belle Murphy.
Those In attendance were Misses Annie
ReddJng, Annie Harris, Lena Hwatts,
Belle Murphey. Arlle Murphey. Mrs. W. D.
Matthews. Messrs. Robert Iolmes, F.
Marvin Htepnena, H. Hollis Gray. W. B.
Veal, Albert 8. Hardy. A. G. Hhnmous.
Hon. T. J. Simmons, chief jusf.ee of
th<* supreme court of Georgia, was an
honored guest upon this occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Murphey are charming
host and hostess and nothing w.ih omit
ted upon this occasion to moke their
guests enjoy a pleasant evening.
Yesterday afternoon Bob Jenkins, a ne
gro working on the farm of Mr. Polk Mil
ner, near the city, waa engaged In cut-
ting down trees in th** woods when a tree
fell on his teg, breaking It Just above The
knet. .pr. J. H. Commlly »■»
and succeeded in setting the broken limb
In position. The negro is now resting
* 8ov*rtl! of Barnesvdlie -citizens spent the
day yesterday In the woods gunning for
the leathered tribe. From the numrous
reports of guns near the city the hunters
evidently secured plenty of game.
SHOOTING IN EARLY.
A Populist and a Democrat Killed at a
Primary Election.
Blakely. Nov. 30.— News has been re
ceived here that at the Democratic pri
mary election held here today and at Da
mascus precinct, In a shooting affray Tom
Hrvant,* Populist, and Charles Hi^d-.ck.a
a Democrat, were killed. Bryant was a
citizen of Clay county and had gone ever
to Damascus to wopk at the polls for
Strong, one of the candidates for the
nomination for sheriff. The Origin cf the
d4ffl<-ulty In supposed to h*.ve been some
th! r«c In regard to this, as Haddock is
known to have been a warm supporter
of Black, Htrong's opponent.
Populist Members of the Alabama-
Legislature Meet and
fiesolve.
REPORTS ARE DENOUNCED.
Ttasy Say That They Are Wot Ansrehliti
and That They Hare Never Intended
l/slitg Any Revolutionary Moons
to Prevent Ontet’ Inauguration
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 80.—As aff
iniswor to tho numerous fako dispatches
which iiava boom, scat ou/t from this
state as bo tho troublo ex-peoted. hero
tomorrow at tlio Cmaugtinitlon of Co4„
Odteo, tlio (foOlow n^ extract from tho
proceedings iu the legislature is stmt:
“*Mr. M»a nning, tho lender of tbs Poo-.
pie’s party hi tho liouso, aroso to a
question of jirivtlcgo and character sett
tho reports that had boon fuftit through
out tho counftry th-atl thej PopullHts.
would resort to rovoluflonnry measures
In order to seat Mr. Kolb ns goveisoc.
of this sfcalto us not true. As a. member
of 'tho general assembly, In behalf, of,
the good people of Gkiy omiity, of
.Alabama, of law*/bldjn£ people of ibOf
Mate, ho fWonkl say tho pony lie rein-
resented were not Anarch* sis or revolu-
tionlfite. The l-eporta to that effeot, Jm
said, wero without <V>uu«lution In fact,*
Ho further said hla iwoplo did not iu*.
tend to take up arms against tho steto
go vernal out.
“Mr. 'Manning then road tho follow-.
tug resolution presented by tho Popu
list members of tlio assembly nnd
asked that it bo spread upon tho ralsir
utes of tho house. No objectloin. was
Inltorposad and tho resolution was bo
ordered:
“ ’Ihwolvixl, iby itho Populist senators
and ropiwwitetives of tho genoml ns-
sombly, r.n caucus assembled, That
tho act’on of our state convention in
this city on. 'the 12th Inst., meets with
our full dindomomanf and tluit ull re- ■
iwrts puHfilshod by an unfriendly press
to tho effect that any vlolonco or law
lessness in any form is contemplated
onjtho 1st prox., aro absolutely falsa'
auuT are circulated to bring our party
Into disrepute among pa.tr.otlo clt.zcus,
“ ‘A. T. Goodwyn f
“‘Chairman.-I*.
“ *E. B. Ixingloy, Boorotary.
“ <Novem(ber 21), 1804/ M
THE NICARAGUAN fMTUATlON. )
CirtlA-^fUW* FoflUo^I^, Boon Greoi
Ilf Modi
Washington, Nov. ».-Th© Nlraragnan
situation has suddenly modified, for th«
hotter. A cable dispatch “rom London
*iy» that the statement that Great Brit
ain refused to recognize the new Nlrara-
guan government at Bturtlridn is most
positively denied. The question was not
one of sovereignty of Nicaragua over the
Mosquito coast which England ha.fi «l,
ready acknowledged In treaty, but of th«
rlghtu of self-government secured to th«
Mosquito Indians under that iruaty.
Gen. Barrios, the special envoy of Nica
ragua to Great Britain, and Henor Crls<
ante, the new Nicaraguan minister, w. r*
received I n audience today by tho queen
at Windsor castle, when Senor Crteants
presented his credentials.
Tho modified attitude of Great Britain
toward Nicaragua is attributable. In th*
opinion of naval officers, lolely to the '
positive determination of the United
.States to maintain the announced prin
ciples through the moglllzatlon of war
ships, If necessary, rather than by a re,
courao to slow and unsatisfactory meth
ods of diplomacy hitherto employed. The
cruiser Columbia arrlvod at Calmamcra.
Cuba, November 28, and although this
fact was cabled to the navy department
day before yesterday, tho 'act was not*
ma-Io public until this morning. The de
partment also made public this mjiv'ng
a cablegram from Commander O’Neill oi
tho Marblehead, dated Port Royal, Jai
nialca,staling that his ship would loxvo at
onco for Hampton Roads, Va. This, it U .
assumed, Is in response to cable it struc>
tfons sent yesterday after the < hanged
condition of arfalru developed,
* THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
Speaker Crisp Wants Homothlnj Done,
But Is Not Hop?ful.
Washington, Nov, 30.—Rponkur Crisp re
gards It as desirable that something be
done at the coming session of congrena
for the permanent adjustment 6fOo»-i
financial system, but In an Interview pup-
fished thin afternoon he expresses much
fiouht uu to whethsr anything to tbst
end can be accoiiqillKhod. Ho ventures
no predictions and says that no | ro.
grarmneu for the session bavo lx*cn ar
ranged. He thinks an effort will b-- m ote
to do something with tho Nicaragua
canal.
POPK’8 CLAIMS NOT HEARD.
Columbia, B. C. r Nov. 30.—ThO h qlslo*
ture canvMseied the vote for state officers
today. The result was: . Evans, 37,703;
Pope, 16,700. Dr. l'ope sent to th,i speak
er u petition to be allowed to show al
leged frauds, but . tiie epaaker *n!d that
he did not feel called upon to read II
unless preseuted by a member. A mem
ber moved it be read, but was voted down,
Evans will be Inaugurated Tuesday next, .
DEPOSITS OF, GOLD.
Now York, Nov. 30.—The Stewart bond
aVMte'i* deposited $3,*50,028 In gold In
tho sub-treasury on bond account teday,
making a total of $47,771,516 gold deposited
since tho new government loan wai
awarded to the syndicate. Tho agents ol
tho syndicate have sold between Irt.tej,*
000 and $14,000,000 of tho bonis and th«
demand still continues heavy.
CHILD FOUND DEAD.
Charleston, Nov. 30.—A little colored girl
about 10 years old was found dead today
four miles from the c4ty, and it is be.
lieved she Is the victim of a rapist. The
coroner viewed the body and will And
the verdict tomorrow. There Is egsos
lutely no clow.
DISBURSEMENT* FOR TNT0RE8T. .
New York, Nov. 30.—It is estimated thal
the December disbursements for interest
and dividends will amount to 134.153.834,
and with tho state and city UsbursemenU
the amount will be a trifle less than $30,-
000,000, against $26,221,373 In December, 1W3L
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Washington, Nov. 30.—For Georgia*
Fair; warmer; southeasterly winds.