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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.